MURDEROUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does murderousness mean? 

• MURDEROUSNESS (noun)
  The noun MURDEROUSNESS has 2 senses:

1. a bloodthirsty hatred arousing murderous impulses

2. cruelty evidence by a capability to commit murder

  Familiarity information: MURDEROUSNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MURDEROUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bloodthirsty hatred arousing murderous impulses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("murderousness" is a kind of...):

hate; hatred (the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action)

Derivation:

murderous (characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cruelty evidence by a capability to commit murder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("murderousness" is a kind of...):

cruelness; cruelty; harshness (the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance)

Derivation:

murderous (characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being)