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| 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
| 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: | destructive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | injurious, devastating |
| Synonyms: | annihilative, baleful, baneful, calamitous, cancerous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, consumptive, cutthroat, damaging, deadly, deleterious, detrimental, dire, disastrous, eradicative, evil, extirpative, fatal, fell, harmful, hurtful, internecine, lethal, lethiferous, mortal, noisome, noxious, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilential, ruinous, slaughterous, suicidal, toxic, venomous, wrackful, wreckful |
| Antonyms: | aiding, assisting, building, creative, helpful, productive |
| Main Entry: | homicidal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | murderous |
| Synonyms: | bloodthirsty, deadly, lethal, maniacal, slaughterous, violent |
| 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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