English Explanatory Dictionary

murderous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈmɜːdəɹəs/ /ˈmɜːdɹəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-murderous.wav /ˈmɝdəɹəs/ /ˈmɝdɹəs/

Word forms

murderous more murderous most murderous murtherous

Etymology

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

Synonyms

assassinous killing arduous challenging nasty difficult effortful hard rough rocky thistly tough uneath unsimple

Antonyms

nonmurderous unmurderous as a duck takes to water basic easy easy as 123 easy as ABC easy as cake easy as pie easy as falling off a log easy as rolling off a log easy as toffee easy-breezy easy peasy easy peasy Japanesey easy peasy lemon squeezy eath effortless facile idiotproof light like a duck takes to water like falling off a log like riding a bike like robbing a baby like shelling peas like shooting fish in a barrel like taking candy from a baby natural painless piss-easy plain-sailing simple simple as kiss your hand simplex smooth soft straightforward trivial troublefree unchallenging uncomplicated undemanding undifficult yezzy

Related words

murder murderer murderess murdering murderingly murder weapon murder will out nonmurder nonmurderer unmurder unmurdered

Derived words

murderously murderousness nonmurderous unmurderous
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