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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary mur·der·ous DATE 1535 1. a. having the purpose or capability of murder b. characterized by or causing murder or bloodshed 2. having the ability or power to overwhelm : devastating murderous heat • mur·der·ous·ly adverb • mur·der·ous·ness noun Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 murderous mur·der·ous / 5mE:dErEs; NAmE 5mE:rd- / adjective intending or likely to murder 蓄意谋杀的；凶残的；凶恶的 SYN savage :
a murderous villain / tyrant 凶残的恶棍/暴君 a murderous attack 凶恶的进攻 She gave him a murderous look (= a very angry one). 她恶狠狠地瞪了他一眼。 • mur·der·ous·ly adv. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition adj. Function: adjective characterized by or of a kind to cause murder or bloodshed FF1C;made a murderous assault on his former friendFF1E; Synonyms: bloodthirsty, bloody, homicidal, murdering, sanguinary, sanguine, sanguineous Related Words: deadly; destructive, devastating, ruinous Contrasted Words: harmless, innocuous, trivial Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged mur·der·ous \ˈmərd(ə)rəs, ˈmə̄d-, ˈməid-\ adjective 1. : having the purpose or capability of murder : characterized by or causing murder or bloodshed < the charge … was covered at a disciplined trot under murderousfire — Al Newman > < the murderous inadequacy of lifeboats and rafts — F.L.Paxson > < some uncontrollable impulse … may have driven the defendant to the commission of the murderous act — B.N.Cardozo > < the anger … crystallized in his demented brain into a cold, murderous fury — J.C.Powys > 2. : having the ability or power to overwhelm : devastating < the murderous heat that attended the opening — Wolcott Gibbs > < a hard-hitting and exhilarating book … full of quietly murderousthrusts — C.J.Rolo > 3. : characterized by extreme difficulty < the exams … are murderous — E.O.Hauser > < those unmanageable verbs, those murderous moods and tenses — Times Literary Supplement > |
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