murderous

Meaning

1. Of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers.
2. Of a person: intending or likely to commit murder; bloodthirsty, homicidal.
3. (figuratively, often) Of an object: used to commit murder; capable of causing death; deadly, fatal.
4. (broadly) Very difficult.

Opposite of

nonmurderous, unmurderous, challenging, complex, difficult, esoteric, hard, tough, tricky, uneath

Synonyms

homicidal

deadly

bloodthirsty

sanguinary

murderer

bloody

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assassin

destructive

devastating

fatal

killed

killing

murdered

slaughterous

terrible

killer

bearbaiting

lethal

mischievous

mortal

desirous of killing

baneful

noxious

rapacious

revengeful

baleful

sanguineous

death-doing

suicidal

berserk

homicide

hurtful

injurious

Translations

mörderisch

meurtrier

asesino

φονικός

bloeddorstig

homicida

höllisch

blutrünstig

assassí

wüst

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blutdürstig

blutgierig

blutdurstig

αιμοβόρος

schlimm

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɜːdəɹəs/

Etymology

From murder + -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns denoting possession or presence of a quality).