Synonyms of murderous

murderous

adjective

ˈmər-d(ə-)rəs 

1

as in oppressive

difficult to endure

the murderous heat of the desert

Synonyms & Similar Words

• oppressive
• harsh
• searing
• brutal
• tough
• severe
• rough
• cruel
• hard
• grim
• inhuman
• trying
• heavy
• bitter
• painful
• onerous
• burdensome
• grievous
• bleak
• rugged
• excruciating
• stiff
• unpleasant
• uncomfortable
• unbearable
• hardhanded
• inhospitable
• strict
• bad
• forbidding
• rigorous
• intemperate
• crushing
• overwhelming
• discomforting
• wild
• stringent
• austere
• spartan
• agonizing
• inclement
• biting
• wretched
• hostile
• tortuous
• insufferable
• intolerable
• comfortless
• unendurable
• heartbreaking
• harrowing
• disagreeable
• grinding
• unfriendly
• insupportable
• heartrending
• wearing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• light
• easy
• soft
• comfortable
• friendly
• luxurious
• pleasant
• peaceful
• cozy
• agreeable
• genial
• hospitable
• mild
• gentle
• restful
• moderate
• relaxing
• tolerable
• snug
• calm
• painless
• bearable
• temperate
• balmy
• reposeful
• endurable
• clement

2

as in difficult

requiring considerable physical or mental effort

those exams were murderous

Synonyms & Similar Words

• difficult
• challenging
• tough
• rigorous
• formidable
• demanding
• heavy
• hard
• complicated
• killer
• sweaty
• rough
• rugged
• severe
• tall
• strenuous
• effortful
• exacting
• arduous
• painful
• intricate
• laborious
• testing
• grueling
• exhausting
• backbreaking
• uphill
• herculean
• complex
• serious
• stiff
• toilsome
• brutal
• hellacious
• oppressive
• annoying
• grim
• problematic
• pick-and-shovel
• stubborn
• elusive
• moiling
• bruising
• hairy
• troublesome
• Augean
• abstract
• thorny
• involved
• stressful
• cruel
• tricky
• spiny
• onerous
• burdensome
• vexatious
• insoluble
• recondite
• abstruse
• opaque
• tight
• knotty
• inhuman
• irksome
• strict
• bothersome
• ticklish
• stringent
• distressing
• labored
• trying
• grievous
• taxing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• simple
• light
• mindless
• easy
• soft
• cheap
• effortless
• clear
• undemanding
• elementary
• facile
• uncomplicated
• achievable
• manageable
• gentle
• smooth
• doable
• soothing
• comforting
• friendly
• painless
• relaxed
• accessible
• user-friendly
• idiotproof

3

as in lethal

likely to cause or capable of causing death

braved murderous machine-gun fire to capture the hill from the enemy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lethal
• deadly
• poisonous
• fatal
• infectious
• killer
• infective
• harmful
• dangerous
• toxic
• deathly
• baleful
• terminal
• destructive
• mortal
• pestilent
• pernicious
• injurious
• fell
• hazardous
• virulent
• baneful
• vital
• deleterious
• pestilential
• noxious
• truculent
• menacing
• perilous
• serious
• risky
• threatening
• ugly
• bloody
• sanguinary
• sublethal
• unhealthy
• grievous
• grave
• parlous
• internecine
• unsound
• sanguine
• jeopardizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• healthy
• healthful
• wholesome
• beneficial
• nonfatal
• nonlethal
• salutary
• salubrious
• restorative
• corrective
• remedial
• curative
• useful
• tonic
• advantageous
• safe
• nontoxic
• alleviative
• nonpoisonous

4

as in murdering

eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing

Viking warriors became legendary for the murderous fury they displayed in battle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murdering
• bloody
• brutal
• savage
• violent
• vicious
• bloodthirsty
• ferocious
• homicidal
• fierce
• sanguinary
• cruel
• ruthless
• contentious
• sanguine
• aggressive
• sanguineous
• sadistic
• bloody-minded
• merciless
• hostile
• barbarous
• barbaric
• hateful
• heartless
• inhumane
• antagonistic
• malicious
• pitiless
• belligerent
• bellicose
• pugnacious
• malevolent
• malignant
• truculent
• gladiatorial
• combative
• cold-blooded
• quarrelsome
• grim
• spiteful
• assertive
• wanton
• scrappy
• bloodstained
• discordant
• gory
• malign
• nasty
• fell
• despiteful
• mean

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of murderous

And no, hating Zionism and this murderous thief is not hating Jews. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026

Based on the play by Kat Sandler, who serves as writer and showrunner, Yaga reimages the witch, who is known to live in a hut on chicken legs and potentially is a murderous seductress or powerful enchantress, depending on the author of the tale. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 25 July 2026

Pax, the glamorous international operators who’ve flocked to fill the waters of the Nile with swanky boats as the allure of channeling your inner, slightly less murderous Agatha Christie grow stronger than ever. — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 23 July 2026

If, say, Sydney Sweeney was cast in the role, they’d be driven to murderous violence. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026