Ruthless in Malayalam
Ruthless is നിര്ദ്ദയ (nirddaya), formed from the negative prefix and the word for pity, so it reads literally as without mercy. It is a formal register word, common in editorials and court reporting.
Most common translation
Ruthless, cruel, merciless.
നിര്ദ്ദയ സ്വഭാവം ആരും ഇഷ്ടപ്പെടില്ല.
nirddaya svabhaavam aarum ishtappedilla
No one likes a ruthless nature.
All Malayalam words for “ruthless”
- നിര്ദ്ദയ (nirddaya) — Ruthless, cruel, merciless.
- ക്രൂര (kroora) — Cruel, ruthless, terrible, horrible.
- ക്രൂരന് (krooran) — One who is cruel, terrible or hard hearted, brutal, ruthless, tyrant.
kroora is cruel in a broader way, covering terrible and horrible too, and krooran is the masculine noun, a cruel man or tyrant.
Common questions
How do you say ruthless in Malayalam?
നിര്ദ്ദയ (nirddaya).
How is it different from the word for cruel?
നിര്ദ്ദയ (nirddaya) says merciless, while ക്രൂര (kroora) says cruel or terrible, a wider charge.