murderous

murderous
adj
1. killing, homicidal, cutthroat, assassinative, death-dealing, lethal, fatal, mortal, mor-tiferous, deadly, deathly, Archaic. lethiferous; slaughterous, internecine, savage, barbarous, cruel, brutal, fiendish, cannibalistic, anthropophagous, bloodthirsty, bloody-minded, sanguinary, sanguine, sanguineous, sanguinolent, bloody, gory, bloodstained, ensanguined; ferocious, violent, frenzied, wild, berserk, amuck, raging, maniacal; annihilating, exterminating, obliterating, extirpative, extirpating, extinguishing, eliminating, withering, devastating, decimating, destructive, destroying.
2.(all in the extreme) difficult, arduous, strenuous, rigorous, herculean, tremendous, gargantuan, huge, prodigious; dangerous, perilous, Archaic. parlous, hazardous, formidable, harrowing, precarious, risky, unsafe, treacherous; trying, unendurable, intolerable, unbearable, insufferable.

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  • Murderous — Mur der*ous, a. Of or pertaining to murder; characterized by, or causing, murder or bloodshed; having the purpose or quality of murder; bloody; sanguinary; as, the murderous king; murderous rapine; murderous intent; a murderous assault. Murderous …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • murderous — [mʉr′dər əs] adj. 1. of, having the nature of, or characteristic of murder; brutal [a murderous act] 2. capable or guilty of, or intending, murder ☆ 3. Informal very difficult, disagreeable, dangerous, trying, etc. murderously adv. murderousness… …   English World dictionary

  • murderous — index deadly, diabolic, fatal, lethal, malignant, pernicious, pestilent, ruthless, sinister …   Law dictionary

  • murderous — (adj.) 1530s, a hybrid from MURDER (Cf. murder) + OUS (Cf. ous). An Old English word for it was morðorhycgende. Related: Murderously; murderousness …   Etymology dictionary

  • murderous — [adj] difficult arduous, brutal, criminal, cruel, dangerous, deadly, destroying, destructive, devastating, exhausting, fell, ferocious, harrowing, hellish, killing, lethal, ruinous, sapping, savage, strenuous, unpleasant; concepts 538,548 Ant.… …   New thesaurus

  • murderous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) capable of, intending, or involving murder or extreme violence. 2) informal extremely arduous or unpleasant. DERIVATIVES murderously adverb murderousness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • murderous — mur|der|ous [ mɜrdərəs ] adjective 1. ) likely to kill someone or intending to kill someone: a murderous act/attack a ) very violent and causing deaths 2. ) very angry: a murderous look She flew into a murderous rage. 3. ) INFORMAL very… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • murderous — [[t]mɜ͟ː(r)dərəs[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Someone who is murderous is likely to murder someone and may already have murdered someone. This murderous lunatic could kill them both without a second thought. 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A murderous attack… …   English dictionary

  • murderous — adjective 1 very dangerous and likely to kill people: Captain Bligh s murderous crew | murderous weapons of war 2 murderous look/expression an expression or look which shows that someone is very angry: She kept giving me murderous looks every… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • murderous — UK [ˈmɜː(r)dərəs] / US [ˈmɜrdərəs] adjective 1) a) likely to kill someone, or intending to kill someone a murderous act/attack b) very violent and causing deaths 2) very angry a murderous look She flew into a murderous rage. 3) informal very… …   English dictionary

  • murderous — mur|der|ous [ˈmə:dərəs US ˈmə:r ] adj 1.) very dangerous and likely to kill people ▪ a murderous attack ▪ murderous drug dealers 2.) murderous look/expression/glare etc an expression or look which shows that someone is very angry >murderously… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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