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murderous Definition

mur·der·ous (mʉrdər əs)

adjective

  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.

murderous Related Forms
mur·der·ously adverb mur·der·ous·ness noun
murderous Synonyms

murderous

modif.

destroying, killing, felonious, lethal, law-breaking, fell, sanguinary, cruel, bloodthirsty, savage, criminal; see also deadly, destructive 2.

murderous Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • rampage: In response, Reece goes on a murderous rampage which draws Sexton Blake into the affair.
  • dictator: She calls Robert Mugabe ' a murderous dictator ' .
  • tyrant: The answer may well put the murderous tyrant in second place.
  • intent: I chased the cat through the house at 4 AM with murderous intent.
  • thug: Stalin was a murderous thug who had destroyed the revolution.
  • rage: But there were side effects; people had been thrown into murderous rages, once again bringing homicide to the streets.

Modifying Another Word

  • even: But most of the time our anger is rooted in selfishness, our thoughts are evil, even murderous.
  • potentially: This was perfectly clear evidence of the involvement of these two suspects in a potentially murderous attack.
  • often: Tensions and bloodshed have resulted with violent and often murderous attacks on white farmers and their families.
  • sometimes: Also in 2000 a violent and sometimes murderous campaign began, in which disaffected Zimbabweans forcibly seized land from white-owned farms.
  • possibly: His next novel is ' The Killing Circle ' , a gripping psychological thriller about a mysterious, possibly murderous, book group.
  • so: So murderous was this firepower, and the river's current so swift, that these Divisions could not fight their way across.

Used with adjective complement

  • feel: You might only be sitting in a traffic jam feeling murderous, but your body thinks you need to run away fast!
  • turn: He supports his friend in a tit for tat exchange that turns murderous.

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