'Murderous' definitions:
Definition of 'murderous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being ; "a homicidal rage"; "murderous thugs" [syn: homicidal, murderous]
Definition of 'Murderous'
From: GCIDE
- 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 coward." --Shak. -- {Mur"der*ous*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Bloody; sanguinary; bloodguilty; bloodthirsty; fell; savage; cruel. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'murderous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animal,
- anthropophagous,
- arduous,
- atrocious,
- barbaric,
- barbarous,
- beastly,
- bestial,
- bloodthirsty,
- bloody,
- bloody-minded,
- brutal,
- brutalized,
- brute,
- brutish,
- cannibalistic,
- cruel,
- cruel-hearted,
- cutthroat,
- deadly,
- deathly,
- demoniac,
- demoniacal,
- destructive,
- devastating,
- devilish,
- diabolic,
- difficult,
- Draconian,
- exhausting,
- fatal,
- fell,
- feral,
- ferine,
- ferocious,
- fiendish,
- fiendlike,
- fierce,
- gory,
- harrowing,
- hellish,
- homicidal,
- infernal,
- inhuman,
- inhumane,
- intolerable,
- kill-crazy,
- killing,
- lethal,
- malign,
- malignant,
- merciless,
- mortal,
- murdering,
- noncivilized,
- pitiless,
- red-handed,
- rigorous,
- ruinous,
- ruthless,
- sadistic,
- sanguinary,
- sanguine,
- sanguineous,
- satanic,
- savage,
- self-destructive,
- sharkish,
- slaughterous,
- slavering,
- strenuous,
- stressful,
- subhuman,
- suicidal,
- tameless,
- Tartarean,
- truculent,
- unbearable,
- unchristian,
- uncivilized,
- ungentle,
- unhuman,
- untamed,
- vicious,
- wild,
- wolfish