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bowelless

bowelless

9.9
Not showing pity or kindness when trying to win
  • adjective
  • /ˈbaʊələs/
translation icon : desalmado
  • His bowelless business tactics left many competitors bankrupt.

Examples

  • The novel depicts a bowelless villain who stops at nothing to win.

  • The bowelless tactics used in the negotiation left no room for empathy.

  • In the glare of bowelless ambition, friendship often fades away.

  • His bowelless attitude towards his competitors shocked everyone.

  • His bowelless business tactics left many competitors bankrupt.

  • In the glare of bowelless ambition, friendship often fades away.

  • The novel depicts a bowelless villain who stops at nothing to win.

Synonyms

cruel
vsbowelless
522 2.7

Willing to cause pain or suffering to others

is about being unsympathetic in competitive situations rather than causing deliberate harm
ruthless
vsbowelless
152 4.9

Not feeling sorry for others and hurting them on purpose

is similar but commonly used to describe competitive harshness specifically
cold-blooded
vsbowelless
  • Offensive
54 6.1

Showing no pity and acting cruel on purpose

is similar but usually emphasizes competitive harshness rather than detached calculation
cutthroat
vsbowelless
23 7.8

Showing no care for others when trying to win

is about lacking compassion in competition rather than deliberate harm
pitiless
vsbowelless
7 7.0

Not showing any pity or kindness

is similar but often used for harshness in competition or ambition
remorseless
vsbowelless
6 7.5

Not feeling sorry and continuing without stopping when hurting others

is focused on lacking compassion for competition rather than lack of regret
compassionless
vsbowelless
1 7.4

Shows no sympathy for people who suffer

is more linked to competitive lack of pity rather than general uncaring
meanspirited
vsbowelless
  • Offensive
7.4

Unkind and petty in a way that hurts other people

is harsher and broader in competition than mere pettiness or meanness

Antonyms

compassionate
151 3.7

Feeling concern and care for people who suffer

empathetic
30 4.4

To understand and share other people's feelings

How Compassionate

compassionate
151 3.7
kind
534 1.0
callous
41 7.3
bowelless
9.9
ruthless
152 4.9
heartless
  • Offensive
79 4.1

Surface Forms

bowelless positive

Morphology

bowelless = bowel (opaque) = bowel + less

Although formed by 'bowel' + '-less', the sense 'lacking compassion' depends on the largely archaic figurative sense of 'bowels' = pity, so learners are unlikely to derive this meaning from the components.

Etymology

The word bowelless comes from bowel, an old word for the body's 'guts' and for deep feelings as in the phrase 'bowels of mercy', and the ending -less, which means 'without'. So, bowelless means 'without guts' or 'without pity', which is why we call someone ruthless.