Murderous
['mɜːd(ə)rəs] or ['mɝdərəs]
Definition
(a.) 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.
Inputed by Leslie
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Sanguinary, bloody, cruel, savage, fell, bloodthirsty.
Typist: Susan
Examples
- The murderous bastard, he thought. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There cannot be the least doubt that he would have made a murderous attack upon me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- You do not think, asked Phelps, that he had any murderous intention? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Very murderous indeed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- A fell, uncompromising, murderous business-meaning there. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- A threatening, murderous, dangerous fellow. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The state of the man was murderous, and he knew it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A threatening, murderous, dangerous fellow! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- This, of course, fitted in well enough with the police theory, if the Colonel could have seen his wife making a murderous attack upon him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The sea they turned into a murderous alley and a soiled road of commerce, disputed like the dirty land of a city every inch of it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- You bleary-eyed murderous sod, he thought. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The murderous mark of the fiend's grasp was on her neck, and the breath had ceased to issue from her lips. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- It seemed conscious, malevolent, purposive in its intense murderous coldness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I was sure that he would make an attempt to get me out of the way AT once, and would bring round his murderous weapon for that purpose. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Shall I not curse the murderous engine which has mowed down the children of men, my brethren? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I gasped for breath; and, throwing myself on the body, I exclaimed, Have my murderous machinations deprived you also, my dearest Henry, of life? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- A sudden fierce anger swept over the girl, violent and murderous. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- For, the state of the man was murderous. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He had escaped when he was made half wild by me and my murderous intentions; and his punishment was light. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It is astonishing that the murderous practice of duelling, which you so justly condemn, should continue so long in vogue. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Lister was murderous in discipline. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Typist: Susan