murderously

1. 1.

   as if bent on murder

   “the huge dog bore down on them with bared fangs and barking murderously”
2. 2.

   in a murderous frenzy

   “rioters running amuck and throwing sticks and bottles and stones”

   Synonymsamokamuck

Questions about murderously

What does murderously mean?

murderously means "as if bent on murder". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in murderously?

murderously has 4 syllables: mur-de-rou-sly. The stress falls on "de".

What is another word for murderously?

Close synonyms include amok, amuck. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.