Antonyms for cutthroat


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kuht-throht
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌtˌθroʊt


Definition of cutthroat

Origin :
  • 1530s, from cut (v.) + throat (n.). As an adjective from 1560s. Of card games from 1823.
  • adj ruthless
Example sentences :
  • All I ask you is this: Is this kind of a cutthroat worth that?
  • Extract from : « Nan of Music Mountain » by Frank H. Spearman
  • Cutthroat now—I ain't never slit me a throat in all my born days.
  • Extract from : « Ride Proud, Rebel! » by Andre Alice Norton
  • It appeared to me a cutthroat sort of hole, this little corner.
  • Extract from : « 'Neath Verdun, August-October, 1914 » by Maurice Genevoix
  • Then there is the language difficulty and the cutthroat character of the inhabitants.
  • Extract from : « A Prisoner in Turkey » by John Still
  • Cutthroat, eastern brook, and rainbow, are the most abundant.
  • Extract from : « Glacier National Park [Montana] » by United States Dept. of the Interior
  • Pike, and often a cutthroat, are readily taken with the troll.
  • Extract from : « Glacier National Park [Montana] » by United States Dept. of the Interior
  • By his own confession, made to me this afte'noon, he is a cutthroat and an assassin.
  • Extract from : « The King of Arcadia » by Francis Lynde
  • Like the rainbow the cutthroat has been divided into several subspecies.
  • Extract from : « Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast » by Harry Thom Payne
  • Who knows but what old Noll's police-patrol is lurking in this cutthroat alley?
  • Extract from : « The Nest of the Sparrowhawk » by Baroness Orczy
  • It was clear that either he or you had to meet this German cutthroat.
  • Extract from : « The Cornet of Horse » by G. A. Henty

Synonyms for cutthroat

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