Felonious — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

involving or being or having the nature of a crime

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fɛlˈoʊniəs/

🇬🇧British English

/fɛlˈəʊniəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fɛlˈəʊniəs/

3 syllables Say it as /fɛlˈoʊniəs/.

Examples

a criminal offense
criminal abuse
felonious intent

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

criminal

Parts of Speech

adjective

involving or being or having the nature of a crime

“a criminal offense”

Word Forms

crime	noun	an evil act not necessarily punishable by law
criminalness	noun	the state of being a criminal
felony	noun	a serious crime (such as murder or arson)

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

verbrecherisch

eine Straftat beinhalten, sein oder den Charakter einer Straftat haben

🇫🇷French

criminel

impliquant ou étant ou ayant la nature d'un crime

🇪🇸Spanish

criminal

que implique o sea o tenga la naturaleza de un delito

🇮🇹Italian

criminale

che coinvolgano o costituiscano o abbiano la natura di un reato

🇳🇱Dutch

misdadig

waarbij sprake is van of de aard van een misdrijf heeft

🇵🇹Portuguese

criminoso

envolvendo ou sendo ou tendo a natureza de um crime

🇷🇺Russian

преступный

связанное или являющееся или имеющее характер преступления

India

🇮🇳Hindi

दुष्ट

किसी अपराध में शामिल होना या होना या उसकी प्रकृति होना

🇧🇩Bengali

জঘন্য

অপরাধের প্রকৃতি জড়িত বা থাকা বা থাকা

🇮🇳Tamil

குற்றமுள்ள

ஒரு குற்றத்தின் தன்மையை உள்ளடக்கியது அல்லது இருப்பது அல்லது இருப்பது

🇮🇳Telugu

నేరపూరితమైన

నేరం యొక్క స్వభావాన్ని కలిగి ఉండటం లేదా ఉండటం లేదా కలిగి ఉండటం

🇮🇳Marathi

अपराधी

गुन्ह्याचे स्वरूप किंवा असणे किंवा असणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

અપરાધ

ગુનાની પ્રકૃતિમાં સામેલ થવું અથવા હોવું અથવા હોવું

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಪರಾಧಿ

ಅಪರಾಧದ ಸ್ವರೂಪವನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿರುವುದು ಅಥವಾ ಇರುವುದು ಅಥವಾ ಹೊಂದಿರುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

കുറ്റകരമായ

ഒരു കുറ്റകൃത്യത്തിൻ്റെ സ്വഭാവം ഉൾപ്പെടുന്നതോ ആയിരിക്കുന്നതോ ഉള്ളതോ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੰਗੀਨ

ਕਿਸੇ ਜੁਰਮ ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰਕਿਰਤੀ ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਕਰਨਾ ਜਾਂ ਹੋਣਾ ਜਾਂ ਹੋਣਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

جرمانہ

کسی جرم کی نوعیت میں شامل ہونا یا ہونا یا ہونا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

重罪的

涉及或正在或具有犯罪性质

🇯🇵Japanese

凶暴な

犯罪に関与する、犯罪である、または犯罪の性質を持つ

🇰🇷Korean

중범죄의

범죄와 관련되거나 존재하거나 범죄의 성격을 갖는 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

trọng tội

liên quan đến hoặc đang hoặc có tính chất của tội phạm

🇹🇭Thai

ร้ายกาจ

เกี่ยวข้องหรือเป็นหรือมีลักษณะของอาชญากรรม

🇮🇩Indonesian

jahat

melibatkan atau sedang atau mempunyai sifat kejahatan

🇲🇾Malay

kejahatan

melibatkan atau menjadi atau mempunyai sifat jenayah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

إجرامية

تنطوي على أو تكون أو لها طبيعة جريمة

🇮🇷Persian

جنایتکارانه

دخیل بودن یا بودن یا داشتن ماهیت جرم

🇹🇷Turkish

suçlu

Bir suç içeren veya suç niteliğine sahip olan

🇮🇱Hebrew

פשע

מעורבים או היותם או בעלי אופי של פשע

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The primary meaning of 'felonious' is 'involving or being or having the nature of a crime'.

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Using 'felonious' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'felonious' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'felonious' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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