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slaughterous

slaugh·ter·ous
S s

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [slaw-ter-uh s]
    • /ˈslɔ tər əs/
    • /ˈslɔː.tə.rəs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [slaw-ter-uh s]
    • /ˈslɔ tər əs/

Definitions of slaughterous word

  • adjective slaughterous murderous; destructive. 1
  • adjective slaughterous brutally destructive or murderous 0
See all 2 definitions of slaughterous

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Origin of slaughterous

First appearance:

before 1575
One of the 34% oldest English words
First recorded in 1575-85; slaughter + -ous

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Parts of speech for Slaughterous

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Slaughterous

slaughterous popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

slaughterous usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for slaughterous

adj slaughterous

  • bloodthirsty — Bloodthirsty people are eager to use violence or display a strong interest in violent things. You can also use bloodthirsty to refer to very violent situations.
  • bloody — Bloody is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying, especially when they are angry.
  • bloody-minded — If you say that someone is being bloody-minded, you are showing that you disapprove of their behaviour because you think they are being deliberately difficult instead of being helpful.
  • destructive — Something that is destructive causes or is capable of causing great damage, harm, or injury.
  • feller — Robert William Andrew ("Bob"; "Bullet Bob") 1918–2010, U.S. baseball player.

adjective slaughterous

  • annihilative — Serving to annihilate; radically destructive.
  • destroying — Present participle of destroy.
  • eradicative — Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil.
  • extirpative — Of, relating to, or pertaining to an extirpation.
  • fell — simple past tense of fall.
All 15 Synonyms of slaughterous

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