| Main Entry: | slaughterous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | murderous |
Synonyms: |
arduous, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, brutal, criminal, cruel, cutthroat, dangerous, deadly, destroying, destructive, devastating, exhausting, fell, ferocious, harrowing, hellish, homicidal, killing*, lethal, ruinous, sanguinary, sanguineous, sapping, savage, strenuous, unpleasant |
| Main Entry: | bloodthirsty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | murderous |
Synonyms: |
barbaric, cruel, homicidal, inhuman, ruthless, sanguinary, savage, slaughterous |
| Main Entry: | bloody |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard-fought |
Synonyms: |
bloodthirsty, cruel, cutthroat, decimating, ferocious, fierce, gory, grim, heavy, homicidal, murderous, sanguinary, sanguine, savage, slaughterous |
| Main Entry: | destructive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | injurious, devastating |
Synonyms: |
annihilative, baleful, baneful, calamitous, cancerous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, consumptive, cutthroat, damaging, deadly, deleterious, detrimental, dire, disastrous, eradicative, evil, extirpative, fatal, fell, harmful, hurtful, internecine, lethal, lethiferous, mortal, noisome, noxious, pernicious, pestiferous, pestilential, ruinous, slaughterous, suicidal, toxic, venomous, wrackful, wreckful |
Antonyms: |
aiding, assisting, building, creative, helpful, productive |
| Main Entry: | homicidal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | murderous |
Synonyms: |
bloodthirsty, deadly, lethal, maniacal, slaughterous, violent |
| Main Entry: | bloody-minded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | murderous |
Synonyms: |
bloodthirsty, bloody, cruel, ferocious, homicidal, sanguinary, savage, slaughterous, violent |
| Main Entry: | sanguinary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | murderous |
Synonyms: |
arduous, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, brutal, criminal, cruel, cutthroat, dangerous, deadly, destroying, destructive, devastating, exhausting, fell, ferocious, harrowing, hellish, homicidal, killing*, lethal, ruinous, sanguineous, sapping, savage, slaughterous, strenuous, unpleasant |
| Notes: | sanguinary means accompanied by bloodshed or eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed, while sanguine means confidently optimistic and cheerful or inclined to a healthy reddish color |
| Main Entry: | sanguineous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | murderous |
Synonyms: |
arduous, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, brutal, criminal, cruel, cutthroat, dangerous, deadly, destroying, destructive, devastating, exhausting, fell, ferocious, harrowing, hellish, homicidal, killing*, lethal, ruinous, sanguinary, sapping, savage, slaughterous, strenuous, unpleasant |