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murderous

[ mur-der-uhs ]

adjective

  1. of the nature of or involving murder:

    a murderous deed.

  2. guilty of, bent on, or capable of murder.
  3. extremely difficult, dangerous, or unpleasant:

    murderous heat.



murderous

/ ˈɜːəə /

adjective

  1. intending, capable of, or guilty of murder
  2. informal.
    very dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant

    a murderous road

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܰdzܲ, adverb
  • ˈܰdzܲԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܰd·dzܲ· adverb
  • ܰd·dzܲ·Ա noun
  • ԴDz·ܰd·dzܲ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of murderous1

First recorded in 1525–35; murder + -ous
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Example Sentences

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The court was told he had immersed himself in an "extremist Islamic ideology" and went to the hospital to "seek his own martyrdom" through a "murderous terrorist attack".

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Eileen’s motivation for shooting herself felt like a flimsy excuse made up on the spot by a murderous husband.

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Holding an ax, she was portrayed as a murderous, wealth-seeking seductress who had beheaded her husbands, evident by their heads disappearing from the wedding portraits scattered around the attic.

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Desert X is still co-organizing installations there, in what is a blatant case of art-washing to polish the soiled international reputation of a murderous, absolute monarchy where free expression is forbidden.

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For many, the problem isn’t so much lack of financial knowledge as having poor credit and fewer options, falling into murderous interest rates and deeper debt via payday loans and overdraft fees.

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