as in bloodthirstiness
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for murderousness
Noun
-
He is also charged with third- and fourth-degree weapons charges related to possession of a golf club and knife, as well as animal cruelty related to the death of a family cat.—
Audrey Conklin,
Fox News,
25 Feb. 2025 -
Ex-College Soccer Player Accused of Killing Fellow Athlete Brother, Cat Using Knife, Golf Club: Prosecutors He was also charged with animal cruelty for allegedly killing a cat who lived in the apartment.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
There’s a calming vibe to cleaning house, even if the means of doing so happens to be carving through a sea of people in bloodlust.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
-
Wilds lives up to this side of the series, though Capcom seems to be reckoning somewhat with its meat-eating bloodlust.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
First of all, of course, the savagery of the crime.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
26 Nov. 2024
-
When the cop asks why the yakuza would do that, Suzie points to their general savagery.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
7 Aug. 2024
Noun
-
The Russian president also encouraged acts of barbarity against his critics.—
Andrei Kolesnikov,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Apr. 2022
-
Angle was just too good, too fast, and too pre-equipped to allow Lesnar to gain a real advantage, meaning that Lesnar had to rely on his powerhouse barbarity to come out on top.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2024
Noun
-
Gaiman's representatives have responded to some outlets, claiming the incidents were consensual and instances of practicing BDSM (bondage, discipline/dominance, submission/sadism and masochism).—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA TODAY,
13 Jan. 2025
-
David Lynch’s cinematic masterpiece pulls back the curtain on the sadism and malevolence hiding behind the picket fences of middle America.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
3 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
Presenting inhumanity in a contemporary style that draws us in, Shahn employed color and line to summon the viewer’s full attention.—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
6 Jan. 2024
-
This distinction is what keeps Rawls’s view from lapsing into inhumanity.—
Becca Rothfeld,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Mar. 2024
Noun
-
Spanning from the 2014 Maidan Revolution to spring 2024, their story blends the glamour of drag with the brutality of war.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2025
-
In 2016, former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality of Black men and, with Trump leading the discourse against him, never played in the league again.—
Curtis Bunn,
NBC News,
7 Feb. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Murderousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murderousness. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share