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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | murderous |
| Synonyms: | bloodthirsty, deadly, lethal, maniacal, slaughterous, violent |
| Main Entry: | bloody |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard-fought |
| Synonyms: | bloodthirsty, cruel, cutthroat, decimating, ferocious, fierce, gory, grim, heavy, homicidal, murderous, sanguinary, sanguine, savage, slaughterous |
| Main Entry: | deadly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | causing end of life |
| Synonyms: | baleful, baneful, bloodthirsty, bloody, cannibalistic, carcinogenic, cruel, dangerous, death-dealing, deathly, deleterious, destroying, destructive, fatal, grim, harmful, homicidal, injurious, internecine, killing, lethal, malignant, mortal, mortiferous, murderous, noxious, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, poisonous, ruthless, savage, slaying, suicidal, toxic, unrelenting, venomous, violent, virulent |
| Notes: | deadly means causing or capable of causing death while deathly means having the physical appearance of death |
| Antonyms: | animating, energizing, harmless, healthful, healthy, invigorating, wholesome |
| Main Entry: | violent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | destructive |
| Synonyms: | agitated, aroused, berserk, bloodthirsty, brutal, coercive, crazy, cruel, demoniac, desperate, distraught, disturbed, enraged, fierce, fiery, forceful, forcible, frantic, fuming, furious, great, headstrong, homicidal, hotheaded, hysterical, impassioned, impetuous, inflamed, intemperate, mad, maddened, maniacal, mighty, murderous, passionate, potent, powerful, raging, riotous, rough, savage, strong, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unrestrained, urgent, vehement, vicious, wild |
| Antonyms: | gentle, passive, peaceful |
| Main Entry: | bloody-minded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | murderous |
| Synonyms: | bloodthirsty, bloody, cruel, ferocious, homicidal, sanguinary, savage, slaughterous, violent |
| Main Entry: | sanguinary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | murderous |
| Synonyms: | arduous, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, brutal, criminal, cruel, cutthroat, dangerous, deadly, destroying, destructive, devastating, exhausting, fell, ferocious, harrowing, hellish, homicidal, killing*, lethal, ruinous, sanguineous, sapping, savage, slaughterous, strenuous, unpleasant |
| Notes: | sanguinary means accompanied by bloodshed or eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed, while sanguine means confidently optimistic and cheerful or inclined to a healthy reddish color |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sanguineous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | murderous |
| Synonyms: | arduous, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, brutal, criminal, cruel, cutthroat, dangerous, deadly, destroying, destructive, devastating, exhausting, fell, ferocious, harrowing, hellish, homicidal, killing*, lethal, ruinous, sanguinary, sapping, savage, slaughterous, strenuous, unpleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slaughterous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | murderous |
| Synonyms: | arduous, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, brutal, criminal, cruel, cutthroat, dangerous, deadly, destroying, destructive, devastating, exhausting, fell, ferocious, harrowing, hellish, homicidal, killing*, lethal, ruinous, sanguinary, sanguineous, sapping, savage, strenuous, unpleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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