Syn: Bloody; sanguinary; bloodguilty; bloodthirsty; fell; savage; cruel. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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
