What does murderous mean?

Definitions for murderous
ˈmɜr dər əsmur·der·ous

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word murderous.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. homicidal, murderousadjective

    characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being

    "a homicidal rage"; "murderous thugs"

Wiktionary

  1. murderousadjective

    Intending, or likely to commit murder; bloodthirsty or homicidal.

    murderous behaviour

  2. murderousadjective

    Very difficult.

    a murderous exam

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Murderousadjective

    Bloody; guilty of murder; addicted to blood.

    Etymology: from murder.

    Upon thy eye-balls murd’rous tyranny
    Sits in grim majesty to fright the world. William Shakespeare.

    Oh murd’rous coxcomb! what should such a fool
    Do with so good a wife? William Shakespeare, Othello.

    Enforc’d to fly
    Thence into Egypt, till the murd’rous king
    Were dead, who sought his life; and missing, fill’d
    With infant blood the streets of Bethlehem. John Milton.

    If she has deform’d this earthly life
    With murd’rous rapine and seditious strife;
    In everlasting darkness must she lie. Matthew Prior.

ChatGPT

  1. murderous

    Murderous is an adjective describing something or someone capable of, intending or likely to commit murder. It can also refer to a violent, dangerous, extremely fierce or savage nature or behavior.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Murderousadjective

    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

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of murderous in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of murderous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of murderous in a Sentence

  1. Avigdor Lieberman:

    It would be better if the Security Council dealt with matters truly important to the citizens of the world, such as the murderous attacks this week in Australia and Pakistan, or discuss events in Syria and Libya, and not waste time on the Palestinian's gimmicks.

  2. George W. Bush, Speech to UN General Assembly, September 21, 2004:

    We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace. We know that oppressive governments support terror, while free governments fight the terrorists in their midst. We know that free peoples embrace progress and life, instead of becoming the recruits for murderous ideologies.

  3. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.:

    Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.

  4. Mike Pence:

    I say the United States of America doesn’t stand with murderous dictatorships, we stand up to murderous dictatorships, and we will keep standing strong until North Korea stops threatening our country, our allies or until they abandon their nuclear and ballistic missiles once and for all.

  5. Bokonon:

    Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.

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