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murder

N การ ฆาตกรรม  การฆ่าฟัน  การสังหาร  killing slaying crime kan-kad-ta-kam

 

murder

VT ฆาตกรรม  ฆ่า  สังหาร  ทำลาย ชีวิต  kill assassinate slaughter slay kad-ta-kam

 

murder

VT ทำลาย  ทำให้ เสียหาย  destroy spoil mangle mutilate tam-lai

 

murderer

N ฆาตกร  kad-ta-kon

 

murderer

N ฆาตกร  คน ฆ่า  ผู้ร้าย ฆ่า คน  killer slayer assassin cutthroat criminal kad-ta-kon

 

murderess

N ฆาตกร หญิง  kad-ta-kon-ying

 

murderous

ADJ ร้ายแรง  รุนแรง  ซึ่ง เป็นอันตราย ถึงตาย  ซึ่ง ทำให้ ถึงตาย ได้  devastating fatal rai-rang

 

murderous

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ การ ฆาตกรรม  เกี่ยวกับ การ ฆ่า  homicidal bloodthirsty kiao-kab-kab-kad-ta-kam

 

murderously

ADV อย่าง อันตราย มาก  cruelly viciously yang-an-ta-rai-mak

 

murderousness

N การกระทำ ฆาตกรรม  kan-kra-tam-kad-ta-kam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MURDER

n.[L. mors. ] 1. The act of unlawfully killing a human being with premeditated malice, by a person of sound mind. To constitute murder in law, the person killing another must be of sound mind or in possession of his reason, and the act must be done with malice prepense, aforethought or premeditated; but malice may be implied, as well as express.
2. An outcry, when life is in danger.

 

MURDER

v.t. 1. To kill a human being with premeditated malice. [See the Noun. ]
2. To destroy; to put an end to.
Canst thou murder thy breath in middle of a word?

 

MURDERED

pp. Slain with malice prepense.

 

MURDERER

n.A person who in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice. 1. A small piece of ordnance.

 

MURDERESS

n.A female who commits murder.

 

MURDERING

ppr. Killing a human being with malice premeditated.

 

MURDEROUS

a.Guilty of murder; as the murderous king. 1. Consisting in murder; done with murder; bloody; cruel; as murderous rapine.
2. Bloody; sanguinary; committing murder; as murderous tyranny.
3. Premeditating murder; as murderous intent or design.

 

MURDEROUSLY

adv. In a murderous or cruel manner.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MURDER

Mur "der, n. Etym: [OE. morder, morther, AS. moredhor, fr. moredh murder; akin to D. moord, OS. moredh, G., Dan. , & Sw. mord, Icel. moredh, Goth. maúrþr, OSlav. mreti to die, Lith. mirti, W. marw dead, L. mors, mortis, death, mori, moriri, to die, Gr. broto `s (for mroto `s ) mortal, 'a `mbrotos immortal, Skr. mrs to die, mrsta death. *1 5. Cf. Amaranth, Ambrosia, Mortal. ]

 

Defn: The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide. "Mordre will out. " Chaucer. The killing of their children had, in the account of God, the guilt of murder, as the offering them to idols had the guilt of idolatry. Locke. Slaughter grows murder when it goes too far. Dryden.

 

Note: Murder in the second degree, in most jurisdictions, is a malicious homicide committed without a specific intention to take life. Wharton.

 

MURDER

Mur "der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Murdered; p. pr. & vb. n. Murdering. ]Etym: [OE. mortheren, murtheren, AS. myr; akin to OHG. murdiren, Goth. maúr. See Murder, n.]

 

1. To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being ) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder, n.

 

2. To destroy; to put an end to. [Canst thou ] murder thy breath in middle of a word Shak.

 

3. To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English.

 

Syn. -- To kill; assassinate; slay. See Kill.

 

MURDERER

MURDERER Mur "der *er, n.

 

1. One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.

 

2. A small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship's decks of boarders; -- called also murdering piece. [Obs. ]

 

MURDERESS

MURDERESS Mur "der *ess, n.

 

Defn: A woman who commits murder.

 

MURDERMENT

MURDERMENT Mur "der *ment, n.

 

Defn: Murder. [Obs. ] Farfax.

 

MURDEROUS

MURDEROUS Mur "der *ous, a.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to murder; characterized by, or causing, murder or bloodshed; having the purpose or quality of murder; bloody; sanguinary; as, the murderous king; murderous rapine; murderous intent; a murderous assault. "Murderous coward. " Shak. -- Mur "der *ous *ly, adv.

 

Syn. -- Bloody; sanguinary; bloodguilty; bloodthirsty; fell; savage; cruel.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

murder

mur der |ˈmərdər ˈmərdər | noun the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another: the stabbing murder of an off-Broadway producer | he was put on trial for attempted murder. informal a very difficult or unpleasant task or experience: my first job at the steel mill was murder. verb [ with obj. ] kill (someone ) unlawfully and with premeditation: somebody tried to murder Joe. informal punish severely or be very angry with: my father will murder me if I'm home late. informal conclusively defeat (an opponent ) in a game or sport. spoil by lack of skill or knowledge: the only thing he had murdered was the English language. PHRASES get away with murder informal succeed in doing whatever one chooses without being punished or suffering any disadvantage. murder one (or two ) informal first-degree (or second-degree ) murder. murder will out murder cannot remain undetected. scream (or yell ) bloody (or Brit. blue ) murder informal scream loudly due to pain or fright; make an extravagant and noisy protest: she had tripped and was screaming bloody murder. ORIGIN Old English morthor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moord and German Mord, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit mará death and Latin mors; reinforced in Middle English by Old French murdre.

 

murderer

mur der er |ˈmərdərər ˈmɜːrdərər | noun a person who commits murder; a killer: convicted murderers.

 

murderess

mur der ess |ˈmərdərəs ˈmɜːrdəres | noun a female murderer.

 

murderous

mur der ous |ˈmərdərəs ˈmərd (ə )rəs | adjective capable of or intending to murder; dangerously violent: a brutal and murderous despot | her estranged husband was seized with murderous jealousy. (of an action, event, or plan ) involving murder or extreme violence: murderous acts of terrorism. informal extremely arduous or unpleasant: the team had a murderous schedule of four games in ten days. DERIVATIVES mur der ous ly adverb, mur der ous ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

murder

mur ¦der |ˈməːdə | noun 1 the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another: the brutal murder of a German holidaymaker | [ mass noun ] : he was put on trial for attempted murder. 2 [ mass noun ] informal a very difficult or unpleasant task or experience: the 40 -mile-per-hour winds at the summit were murder. verb [ with obj. ] 1 kill (someone ) unlawfully and with premeditation: he was accused of murdering his wife's lover. 2 informal punish severely or be very angry with: my father will murder me if I'm home late. conclusively defeat (an opponent ) in a game or sport. spoil by lack of skill or knowledge: the only thing he had murdered was the English language. chiefly Brit. consume (food or drink ) greedily or with relish: I could murder some chips. PHRASES get away with ( blue ) murder informal succeed in doing whatever one chooses without being punished or suffering any disadvantage. murder one (or two ) N. Amer. informal first-degree (or second-degree ) murder. murder will out murder cannot remain undetected. scream (or yell ) blue (or N. Amer. bloody ) murder informal make an extravagant and noisy protest: if it gets into the papers, she'll be down here screaming blue murder. ORIGIN Old English morthor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moord and German Mord, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit mará death and Latin mors; reinforced in Middle English by Old French murdre.

 

murderer

mur |der ¦er |ˈməːd (ə )rə (r )| noun a person who commits murder: convicted murderers.

 

murderess

mur ¦der |ess |ˈməːdərɛs | noun a female murderer.

 

murderous

mur ¦der |ous |ˈməːd (ə )rəs | adjective 1 capable of or intending to murder; dangerously violent: a brutal and murderous despot | figurative : Mark gave him a murderous look. (of an action, event, or plan ) involving murder or extreme violence: murderous acts of terrorism. 2 informal extremely arduous or unpleasant: the team had a murderous schedule of four games in ten days. DERIVATIVES murderously adverb, murderousness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

murder

murder noun 1 a brutal murder: killing, homicide, assassination, liquidation, extermination, execution, slaughter, butchery, massacre; manslaughter; literary slaying. 2 informal driving there was murder: hell, hell on earth, a nightmare, an ordeal, a trial, misery, torture, agony. verb 1 someone tried to murder him: kill, put to death, assassinate, execute, liquidate, eliminate, dispatch, butcher, slaughter, massacre, wipe out; informal bump off, do in, do away with, knock off, blow away, blow someone's brains out, take out, dispose of, ice, rub out, smoke, waste; literary slay. 2 informal Anna was murdering a Mozart sonata. See mangle (sense 2 ). 3 informal he murdered his opponent. See trounce.

 

murderer, murderess

murderer, murderess noun the murderer was finally brought to justice: killer, assassin, serial killer, butcher, slaughterer; informal hitman, gunman, hired gun; literary slayer.

 

murderous

murderous adjective 1 a murderous attack: homicidal, brutal, violent, savage, ferocious, fierce, vicious, bloodthirsty, barbarous, barbaric; fatal, lethal, deadly, mortal, death-dealing; archaic sanguinary. 2 informal a murderous schedule: arduous, grueling, strenuous, punishing, onerous, exhausting, taxing, difficult, rigorous; informal killing, hellish. WORD NOTE murderous I like to use this word as a synonym for threatening, especially when referring to weather gathering storm clouds, vicious lightning, etc. It's fun to anthropomorphize natural phenomena. DA Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

murder

murder noun 1 the brutal murder of a German holidaymaker: killing, homicide, assassination, liquidation, extermination, execution, slaughter, butchery, massacre; manslaughter; patricide, matricide, parricide, fratricide, sororicide, filicide, infanticide, uxoricide, regicide; literary slaying. 2 informal driving there was murder: hell, hell on earth, a nightmare, an ordeal, a trial, a frustrating /unpleasant /difficult experience, misery, torture, agony. verb 1 someone tried to murder him: kill, put /do to death, assassinate, execute, liquidate, eliminate, neutralize, dispatch, butcher, cut to pieces, slaughter, massacre, wipe out, mow down; informal bump off, do in, do away with, do for, knock off, blow away, blow someone's brains out, stiff, take out, top, croak, give someone the works, dispose of, hit, zap; N. Amer. informal ice, rub out, smoke, waste, off, whack, scrag; N. Amer. euphemistic terminate with extreme prejudice; literary slay. 2 informal Anna was murdering a Mozart sonata. See bungle. 3 informal he murdered his lacklustre opponent. See trounce.

 

murderer, murderess

murderer, murderess noun killer, liquidator, terminator, slaughterer; dated homicide; literary slayer.

 

murderous

murderous adjective 1 a murderous attack: homicidal, brutal, violent, savage, ferocious, fierce, vicious, bloodthirsty, barbarous, barbaric, cruel, inhuman; fatal, lethal, deadly, mortal, killing, death-dealing, bloody; literary fell; archaic sanguinary. 2 informal the team had a murderous schedule of four games in ten days: arduous, gruelling, strenuous, punishing, onerous, back-breaking, crushing, exhausting, taxing, difficult, hard, laborious, rigorous, stressful, formidable, intolerable, unbearable, harrowing; informal killing, hellish; Brit. informal knackering. ANTONYMS easy, light.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

murder

mur der /mə́ː r r /〖原義は 「(非合法に )殺意を持って人を殺す 」〗(名 )murderer 名詞 s /-z /1 C U 殺人 , 殺害 , 人殺し ; 殺人 (に相当する )行為 ; C 殺人事件 (!murderは故意の [計画的な ]殺人, manslaughterは計画性のない殺人, homicideは主に ⦅米 ⦆で殺意の有無に関わらず使われる ) commit (a ) murder 殺人を犯す ▸ a murder case 殺人事件 the murder weapon 殺人凶器 ▸ first-degree- murder murder in the first degree 1級殺人 [謀殺 ]The man has been charged with attempted murder .その男は殺人未遂の罪に問われている To send troops on such an errand is sheer murder .そんな事に軍隊を出動させるのは人殺しも同然だ Murder will out .ことわざ 悪事は必ず顕われる 2 U ⦅話 ⦆(非常に )困難 [不快 , やっかい ]なもの The test I just took was murder .今のテストはきわめて難しかった g t aw y with (bl e ) m rder ⦅くだけて ⦆何をしても罰せられない ; 好き勝手し放題である .it's m rder on A ⦅話 ⦆A 〈体の一部 〉が痛くなる ; Aに対して害がある .scr am [sh ut, y ll ] bl ody [⦅英 ⦆bl e ] m rder 大声で抗議する, 苦痛を訴える .動詞 s /-z /; ed /-d /; ing /-d (ə )rɪŋ /他動詞 1 〈人が 〉 (故意に )〈人 〉殺す , 殺害する (!主語が人である点に注意; kill 類義 ) .2 ⦅くだけて ⦆(下手な演奏 演技 使い方などで )〈歌 芝居 言葉など 〉を台なしにする (spoil )Lisa murdered that song .リサは (下手な歌い方で )その歌を台なしにした 3 ⦅英 くだけて ⦆(団体競技などで ) (完全に )〈人 〉打ち負かす .4 ⦅話 ⦆ «…のことで » …に激怒する «for » (!警告などに用いられる ) .自動詞 殺人を犯す .I could m rder a …⦅英話 ⦆…がすごく飲み [食べ ]たい .

 

murderer

mur der er /mə́ː r d (ə )rə r /murder 名詞 s /-z /C (故意による )殺人者 , 人殺し ▸ a convicted murderer 有罪判決を受けた殺人犯 ▸ a mass murderer 大量殺人者

 

murderess

mur der ess /mə́ː r d (ə )res /名詞 C 女の人殺し (⦅男女共用 ⦆murderer; →-ess 語法 ).

 

murder-for-hire

m rder-for-h re 名詞 U C 委託殺人 .

 

murderous

mur der ous /mə́ː r d (ə )rəs /形容詞 1 殺人の ; 殺意のある ; 殺人用の ▸ a murderous act 殺人行為 2 殺人もしかねない ; 残虐な .3 〈表情などが 〉激怒した .4 きわめて危険 [困難, 不快 ]な, 耐えがたい, 殺人的な murderous heat 殺人的な暑さ .ness 名詞

 

murderously

m r der ous ly 副詞 殺意を抱いて ; (耐えがたいほど )ひどく .