Synonyms of homicidal

homicidal

adjective

ˌhä-mə-ˈsī-dᵊl 

as in murderous

eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing

court-appointed psychiatrists have described the accused as a sociopath with homicidal tendencies who is a danger to himself and others

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murderous
• murdering
• violent
• bloody
• savage
• bloodthirsty
• brutal
• ferocious
• vicious
• fierce
• sanguinary
• sanguine
• cruel
• ruthless
• contentious
• sanguineous
• aggressive
• sadistic
• bloody-minded
• hostile
• antagonistic
• merciless
• barbaric
• hateful
• heartless
• malicious
• inhumane
• belligerent
• barbarous
• bellicose
• pitiless
• malignant
• malevolent
• combative
• pugnacious
• truculent
• quarrelsome
• cold-blooded
• assertive
• gladiatorial
• spiteful
• discordant
• grim
• scrappy
• gory
• wanton
• bloodstained
• malign
• fell
• nasty
• mean
• despiteful

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• peaceful
• peaceable
• conciliatory
• sympathetic
• benign
• disarming
• pacific
• humane
• compassionate
• kind
• propitiatory
• unaggressive
• unassertive
• dovish
• warm
• kindhearted
• placatory
• benignant
• appeasing
• merciful
• benevolent
• placative
• mollifying
• placating
• tenderhearted
• peacemaking
• pacifying
• lenient
• amiable
• warmhearted
• good-hearted
• gentle
• tender
• affable
• clement
• amicable
• kindly
• submissive
• yielding
• surrendering

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of homicidal

Harry is a detective with the Miami-Dade Police Department and a forensics expert who trains Dexter to focus his homicidal impulses on killing murderers without getting caught. —Ashley Hume, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024

Even after Kissinger left power, his playbook remained open well into the 1980s with the Reagan administration’s cosseting of homicidal right-wing regimes like El Salvador’s and Guatemala’s. —Tim Padgett, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2024

Feeding into Milioti’s volatile performance, her costumes chart a journey from obedient heiress to homicidal mob boss, culminating in her violent retribution against Oz in the show’s penultimate episode. —Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024

Their idea involved merciless kills, a chainsaw, a group of youths and a homicidal family with a craving for human flesh; all set against the backdrop of a sunny, countryside day giving way to a nightmarish evening. —Sydney Bishop, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024