homicidal vs murderous what difference
what is difference between homicidal and murderous
English
Etymology
homicide + -al
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪdəl
Adjective
homicidal (comparative more homicidal, superlative most homicidal)
- Of or pertaining to homicide.
Translations
English
Etymology
From murder + -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns denoting possession or presence of a quality).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɜːdəɹəs/, /ˈmɜːdɹəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɝdəɹəs/, /ˈmɝdɹəs/
- Homophone: murderess (one pronunciation)
- Hyphenation: mur‧der‧ous
Adjective
murderous (comparative more murderous, superlative most murderous)
- Of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers.
- Of a person: intending or likely to commit murder; bloodthirsty, homicidal.
- Synonym: (obsolete) assassinous
- Antonyms: nonmurderous, unmurderous
- (often figuratively) Of an object: used to commit murder; capable of causing death; deadly, fatal.
- Antonyms: nonmurderous, unmurderous
- (by extension) Very difficult.
- Synonyms: killing; see also Thesaurus:difficult
- Antonyms: see Thesaurus:easy
Alternative forms
- murtherous (obsolete)
Derived terms
- murderously
- murderousness
- nonmurderous
- unmurderous
Related terms
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References
Further reading
- murder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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