Murderously — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

as if bent on murder

in a murderous frenzy

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈɜːdɚɹəsli/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈɜːdəɹəsli/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈɜːdəɹəsli/

4 syllables Say it as /mˈɜːdɚɹəsli/.

Examples

the huge dog bore down on them with bared fangs and barking murderously
rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

amuck amok

Parts of Speech

adverb	as if bent on murder “the huge dog bore down on them with bared fangs and barking murderously”
adverb	in a murderous frenzy “rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

mörderisch

als ob er auf Mord aus wäre

🇫🇷French

meurtrier

comme s'il était déterminé à tuer

🇪🇸Spanish

asesinamente

como si estuviera empeñado en asesinar

🇮🇹Italian

omicida

come se fosse deciso a uccidere

🇳🇱Dutch

moorddadig

alsof hij uit is op moord

🇵🇹Portuguese

assassinamente

como se estivesse determinado a assassinar

🇷🇺Russian

убийственно

как будто настроен на убийство

India

🇮🇳Hindi

जानलेवा

मानो हत्या पर आमादा हो

🇧🇩Bengali

খুনসুটি

যেন খুনের দিকে ঝুঁকছে

🇮🇳Tamil

கொலைகாரத்தனமாக

கொலையில் குறியாக இருப்பது போல

🇮🇳Telugu

హత్యగా

హత్యకు పూనుకున్నట్లుగా

🇮🇳Marathi

खूनीपणे

जणू हत्येवर बेतलेला

🇮🇳Gujarati

ખૂની રીતે

જાણે ખૂન પર ઝુકાવ્યું હોય

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕೊಲೆಯಾಗಿ

ಕೊಲೆಗೆ ಬಾಗಿದಂತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കൊലപാതകമായി

കൊലപാതകത്തിന് മുതിരുന്നത് പോലെ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕਤਲੇਆਮ

ਜਿਵੇਂ ਕਿ ਕਤਲ 'ਤੇ ਤੁਲਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

قاتلانہ طور پر

گویا قتل پر تلا ہوا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

凶残地

仿佛一心要杀人

🇯🇵Japanese

殺人的に

まるで殺人に熱中しているかのように

🇰🇷Korean

살인적으로

마치 살인을 꾀하는 것처럼

🇻🇳Vietnamese

giết người

như thể đang muốn giết người

🇹🇭Thai

อย่างฆาตกรรม

ราวกับกำลังมุ่งเป้าไปที่การฆาตกรรม

🇮🇩Indonesian

dengan cara membunuh

seolah-olah bertekad untuk membunuh

🇵🇭Filipino

mamamatay-tao

parang nakahilig sa pagpatay

🇲🇾Malay

membunuh

seolah-olah ingin membunuh

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بطريقة قاتلة

كأنه عازم على القتل

🇮🇷Persian

به طرز قاتل

انگار به قتل خم شده

🇹🇷Turkish

öldürücü bir şekilde

sanki cinayete meyilliymiş gibi

🇮🇱Hebrew

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