This only increased his desire to be revenged on the murderous duke.
Source: tatoeba (56028)
Murderous
//ˈmɜːdəɹəs//
Synonyms for "murderous" (107 found)
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Strong matches (32)
Related words (53)
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Synonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
11 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
69 translations across 31 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- φονικός adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
- ἀνδροδάικτος adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
Arabic
1 entries- قَتُول adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
Aramaic
2 entries- ܩܛܘܠܐ adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
- ܩܛܘܠܐ adj (used to commit murder; capable of causing death — see also deadly, fatal)
Bulgarian
2 entries- много труден adj (very difficult)
- убийствен adj (of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers)
Catalan
2 entries- assassí adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
- assassí adj (used to commit murder; capable of causing death — see also deadly, fatal)
Czech
1 entries- vražedný adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
Dutch
1 entries- moordzuchtig adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
Esperanto
2 entries- murda adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
- murdema adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
Finnish
2 entries- murhaava adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
- murhanhimoinen adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
French
2 entries- meurtrier adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
- meurtrier adj (used to commit murder; capable of causing death — see also deadly, fatal)
Georgian
2 entries- სასიკვდილო adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
- სასიკვდილო adj (used to commit murder; capable of causing death — see also deadly, fatal)
German
2 entries- mörderisch adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
- mörderisch adj (very difficult)
Greek
3 entries- δολοφονικός adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
- φονικός adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
- φονικός adj (very difficult)
Hungarian
2 entries- gyilkos adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
- gyilkos adj (used to commit murder; capable of causing death — see also deadly, fatal)
Italian
4 entries- letale adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
- micidiale adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
- micidiale adj (used to commit murder; capable of causing death — see also deadly, fatal)
- mortale adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
Japanese
2 entries- 殺伐とした adj (of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers)
- 殺伐とした adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
Latin
1 entries- internecīvus adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
Latvian
1 entries- slepkavīgs adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
Malayalam
1 entries- കൊലപാതക adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
Middle English
1 entries- dedly adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- morderisk adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
- morderisk adj (very difficult)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- mordarisk adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
- mordarisk adj (very difficult)
Old Armenian
1 entries- մարդասպան adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
Portuguese
2 entries- assassino adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
- homicida adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
Romanian
3 entries- asasin adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
- ucigaș adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
- ucigător adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
Russian
1 entries- крова́вый adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
Sanskrit
1 entries- हिंस्र adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ùbojit adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
- ȕbitačan adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
- ȕbitačan adj (used to commit murder; capable of causing death — see also deadly, fatal)
- у̀бојит adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
Spanish
2 entries- asesino adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
- homicida adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
Swedish
3 entries- dödlig adj (used to commit murder; capable of causing death — see also deadly, fatal)
- mordisk adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
- mördande adj (very difficult)
Yiddish
4 entries- מערדעריש adj (of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers)
- מערדעריש adj (likely to commit murder — see also homicidal)
- מערדערלעך adj (of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers)
- מערדערלעך adj (used to commit murder; capable of causing death — see also deadly, fatal)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
Curious gazes, gazes carrying a bit of murderous intent...it goes without saying that I couldn't be more uncomfortable.
Source: tatoeba (327542)
"Well..." sighed Dima, then turned to the shopkeeper and cast her a murderous glance. "I guess I have no choice now..."
Source: tatoeba (589416)
His murderous gaze frightened her.
Source: tatoeba (4370354)
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