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What is the opposite of ruthful?

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Adjective
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Opposite of full of sorrow or sadness
ruthless
heartless
unfeeling
unsympathetic
inhumane
insensitive
dreadful
immoral
malevolent
unsavoryUS
unkind
degenerate
unsavouryUK
callous
vicious
cruel
evil
reprehensible
wicked
brutal
mean
heinous
monstrous
bad
debased
depraved
insensate
uncharitable
sadistic
pitiless
inhuman
unpleasant
abhorrent
objectionable
crude
virulent
reprobate
compassionless
vile
disagreeable
obnoxious
brutish
grim
hostile
unkindly
sinister
pernicious
perverse
cold
diabolical
malicious
savage
villainous
fiendish
base
foul
rude
merciless
maleficent
uncaring
inconsiderate
miscreant
harsh
untoward
antagonistic
profligate
wanton
unprincipled
obdurate
malignant
nasty
terrible
unpitying
indecent
barbaric
indifferent
rough
dangerous
soulless
brute
inhospitable
hard
spiteful
uncompassionate
atrocious
truculent
barbarous
murderous
uncultured
hellish
tyrannous
remorseless
uncultivated
unforgiving
unfriendly
cool
uncivil
severe
adverse
violent
apathetic
coldhearted
unmerciful
despiteful
vindictive
egregious
hateful
dastardly
ferocious
appalling
uncivilizedUS
bestial
intolerant
unloving
bloodthirsty
affectless
unsparing
unconcerned
uncivilisedUK
fierce
rancorous
lousy
homicidal
beastly
disinterested
stonyhearted
dirty
catty
impure
malefic
hardhearted
sinful
ironhearted
bitter
venomous
butcherly
unemotional
ill-tempered
ill-natured
bad-tempered
evil-minded
bad-natured
stony-hearted
lacking compassion
hard-hearted
cold-blooded
hard-boiled
stone-hearted
cold-hearted
evil-intentioned
mean-spirited
Adjective
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Opposite of provoking pity, compassion, or sympathy
cheerful
enviable
happy
cheery
hopeful
Adjective
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Opposite of showing or exercising mercy
cruel
merciless
hard-hearted
inhumane
pitiless
uncompassionate
unfeeling
hard
hardhearted
harsh
hateful
mean
severe
unforgiving
ungiving
unkind
unmerciful
unsympathetic
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