All mortiferous synonyms
morΒ·tifΒ·erΒ·ous
M m adj mortiferous
- pernicious β causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- noxious β harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being: noxious fumes.
- dangerous β If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
- poisonous β full of or containing poison: poisonous air; a poisonous substance.
- mortal β subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- cruel β Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
- bloody β Bloody is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying, especially when they are angry.
- harmful β causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.
- toxic β of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison: a toxic condition.
- violent β acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force: a violent earthquake.
- malignant β disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
- virulent β actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.
- lethal β of, relating to, or causing death; deadly; fatal: a lethal weapon; a lethal dose.
- fatal β causing or capable of causing death; mortal; deadly: a fatal accident; a fatal dose of poison.
- carcinogenic β A substance that is carcinogenic is likely to cause cancer.
- catastrophic β Something that is catastrophic involves or causes a sudden terrible disaster.
- calamitous β If you describe an event or situation as calamitous, you mean it is very unfortunate or serious.
- cataclysmic β A cataclysmic event is one that changes a situation or society very greatly, especially in an unpleasant way.
- disastrous β causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- fateful β having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous: a fateful meeting between the leaders of the two countries.
- ruinous β bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous: a ruinous war.
- incurable β not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected: an incurable disease.
- inevitable β unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; certain; necessary: an inevitable conclusion.
- devastating β If you describe something as devastating, you are emphasizing that it is very harmful or damaging.
- grievous β causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- dire β causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible: a dire calamity.
- savage β fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed: savage beasts.
- destructive β Something that is destructive causes or is capable of causing great damage, harm, or injury.
- suicidal β pertaining to, involving, or suggesting suicide.
- murderous β of the nature of or involving murder: a murderous deed.
- great β unusually or comparatively large in size or dimensions: A great fire destroyed nearly half the city.
- last β occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- bitter β In a bitter argument or conflict, people argue very angrily or fight very fiercely.
- grave β the grave accent.
- baleful β Baleful means harmful, or expressing harmful intentions.
- baneful β destructive, poisonous, or fatal
- bloodthirsty β 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.
- cannibalistic β Cannibalistic people and practices are connected with cannibalism.
- deathly β If you say that someone is deathly pale or deathly still, you are emphasizing that they are very pale or still, like a dead person.
- deleterious β Something that has a deleterious effect on something has a harmful effect on it.
- grim β stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
- homicidal β of or relating to homicide.
- injurious β harmful, hurtful, or detrimental, as in effect: injurious eating habits.
- internecine β of or relating to conflict or struggle within a group: an internecine feud among proxy holders.
- killing β the act of killing, especially game: The hounds moved in for the kill.
- pestiferous β bringing or bearing disease.
- pestilent β producing or tending to produce infectious or contagious, often epidemic, disease; pestilential.
- ruthless β without pity or compassion; cruel; merciless: a ruthless tyrant.
- unrelenting β not relenting; not yielding or swerving in determination or resolution, as of or from opinions, convictions, ambitions, ideals, etc.; inflexible: an unrelenting opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment.
- venomous β (of an animal) having a gland or glands for secreting venom; able to inflict a poisoned bite, sting, or wound: a venomous snake.