murderous

Adjective Satellite

characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being
- "murderous thugs"

Adj

Of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers.
Of a person: intending or likely to commit murder; bloodthirsty, homicidal.
Of an object: used to commit murder; capable of causing death; deadly, fatal.
Very difficult.

Examples

"a murderous exam"
"conditions were murderous"
"murderous behaviour"
"She gave me a murderous look."

Origin / Etymology

From murder + -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns denoting possession or presence of a quality).

Synonyms

arduous, assassinous, challenging, difficult, effortful, hard, homicidal, killing, rocky, thistly, tough, uneath, unsimple

Antonyms

challenging, complex, difficult, esoteric, hard, nonmurderous, tough, tricky, uneath, unmurderous

Scrabble Score: 12

murderous is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
murderous is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
murderous is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

murderous is a valid Words With Friends word