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ustic adj. 1 See rural, 1, above. 2 peasant, plain, simple,
uncomplicated, unsophisticated, na‹ve, ingenuous, guileless,
artless, unrefined, unpolished, countrified, uncultivated,
uncultured, boorish, crude, rough, unmannerly, hill-billy,
backwoods, awkward, ungainly, cloddish, plodding, oafish, gawky,
lumpen, loutish: Who could dream that such a rustic homebody
would some day be famous for the most fashionable literary salon
in London?
--n. 3 peasant, bumpkin, boor, yokel, hill-billy, countryman,
countrywoman, country boy or girl, oaf, country cousin, Colloq
clodhopper, Derogatory and offensive bog-trotter, US and
Canadian hayseed, hick: In those days, few rustics ever even
visited a city.
rustle v. 1 whisper, swish, sibilate, susurrate: Outside my window,
the leaves rustled in the evening breeze.
--n. 2 whisper, whispering, rustling, swish, swishing,
sibilation, sibilance, susurration, susurrus: I heard the faint
rustle of satin and knew she was listening at the door.
rut n. 1 groove, furrow, wheel-mark, track, trough: In the winter
the ruts in the lane fill with water and freeze, making driving
difficult. 2 pattern, habit, routine, groove, grind, treadmill,
dead end, Colloq rat race: After 27 years as a horse groom, I'm
beginning to feel I'm stuck in a rut.
ruthless adj. pitiless, unpitying, cruel, unsympathetic, merciless,
unmerciful, harsh, fierce, remorseless, uncompassionate,
vicious, savage, ferocious, hard-hearted, callous, unfeeling,
tough, severe, heartless, inhuman, brutal, brutish, unrelenting,
relentless, Chiefly US and Canadian mean: The jail houses some
of the country's most ruthless criminals. In all of history
there was no more ruthless a tyrant.
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