homicidal

ho·mi·cid·al

adj \ˌhä-mə-ˈsī-d^əl, ˌhō-\

Definition of HOMICIDAL

: of, relating to, or tending toward homicide

— ho·mi·cid·al·ly \-d^əl-ē\ adverb

Examples of HOMICIDAL

1. <court-appointed psychiatrists have described the accused as a homicidal maniac who should be put away for life>

First Known Use of HOMICIDAL

1725

Related to HOMICIDAL

Synonyms: bloody, bloody-minded, bloodthirsty, murdering, murderous, sanguinary, sanguine, sanguineous

Related Words: barbaric, barbarous, brutal, cold-blooded, cruel, heartless, inhumane, sadistic, savage, vicious, wanton; antagonistic, ferocious, fierce, gladiatorial, hostile; aggressive, assertive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, discordant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent, violent; merciless, pitiless, ruthless; bloodstained, fell, gory, grim; despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful

Near Antonyms: appeasing, conciliatory, disarming, dovish, mollifying, pacific, pacifying, peaceable, peaceful, peacemaking, placating, placative, placatory, propitiatory; unaggressive, unassertive; benign, benignant, compassionate, good-hearted, humane, kind, kindhearted, sympathetic, tenderhearted; tender, warm, warmhearted; clement, lenient, merciful; affable, amiable, amicable, benevolent, gentle, kindly; submissive, surrendering, yielding

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Rhymes with HOMICIDAL

Barmecidal, biocidal, ecocidal, fratricidal, fungicidal, genocidal, germicidal, herbicidal, intertidal, larvicidal, matricidal, ovicidal, parricidal, patricidal, pesticidal, regicidal, septicidal, suicidal, viricidal, virucidal