MORTIFEROUS Synonyms
There are 14 hypernyms of the word mortiferous. (close relations)
Definition of MORTIFEROUS
Best Alternative Words for MORTIFEROUS
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damaging | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury • designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions | ||||||||
dangerous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm adjective satellite • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm | ||||||||
deadly | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adverb • as if dead • (used as intensives) excessively adjective satellite • causing or capable of causing death • of an instrument of certain death • extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom • involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death • exceedingly harmful • (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect | ||||||||
fatal | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adjective • bringing death adjective satellite • having momentous consequences; of decisive importance • (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin • controlled or decreed by fate; predetermined | ||||||||
harmful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • causing or capable of causing harm | ||||||||
injurious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • harmful to living things | ||||||||
killing | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an event that causes someone to die • the act of terminating a life • a very large profit adjective satellite • very funny | ||||||||
lethal | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • of an instrument of certain death | ||||||||
life-threatening | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm | ||||||||
noxious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • injurious to physical or mental health | ||||||||
pernicious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • exceedingly harmful • working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way | ||||||||
poisonous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • having the qualities or effects of a poison • not safe to eat • marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful | ||||||||
toxic | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison | ||||||||
destroying | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of • destroy completely; damage irreparably • defeat soundly and humiliatingly • put (an animal) to death |