murderous
Adjective Satellite
- characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being
- "murderous thugs"
Adj
- Of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers.
- Of a person: intending or likely to commit murder; bloodthirsty, homicidal.
- Of an object: used to commit murder; capable of causing death; deadly, fatal.
- Very difficult.
Examples
- a murderous exam
- conditions were murderous
- murderous behaviour
- She gave me a murderous look.
Origin / Etymology
From murder + -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns denoting possession or presence of a quality).
Synonyms
homicidal, arduous, assassinous, challenging, difficult, effortful, hard, killing, rocky, thistly, tough, uneath, unsimple
Antonyms
challenging, complex, difficult, esoteric, hard, nonmurderous, tough, tricky, uneath, unmurderous
Scrabble Score: 12
murderous: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmurderous: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
murderous: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary