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Pronunciation / Transliteration: shā xīn
"他看着对手，眼中流露出浓烈的杀心。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The quality or state of being murderous; having a fierce intention or destructive desire to kill.
"The cold calculation in his eyes revealed a chilling murderousness that unsettled everyone in the room." - 2
A propensity or psychological inclination toward committing acts of extreme lethal violence.
"Criminal psychologists analyzed the suspect's writings for signs of deep-seated murderousness."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Middle English 'murdren' (to kill unlawfully), tracing back to Old English 'morthor' (crime of murder, from Proto-Germanic *murthram), combined with the adjectival suffix '-ous' and nominalizer '-ness'. The term has historically evolved to describe both an act and an inherent disposition or psychological state characterized by a willingness or desire to kill.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Murderousness" is said worldwide
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meurtrière
Transliteration: mœʁ.tʁjɛʁ
"Son regard affichait une meurtrière froide."
Mörderischkeit
Transliteration: ˈmœʁdɐɪʃkaɪt
"Die Mörderischkeit seiner Absichten war unverkennbar."
omicidialità
Transliteration: o.mi.tʃi.daˈli.ta
"La sua mente mostrava segni di profonda omicidialità."
homicidad
Transliteration: o.mi.siˈdad
"El informe policial destacó la homicidad del agresor."
homicididade
Transliteration: o.mi.si.diˈda.dʒi
"A psicopatia muitas vezes se manifesta como homicididade latente."
हत्यात्मकता
Transliteration: hatyatmakta
"उसके व्यवहार में स्पष्ट हत्यात्मकता दिखाई दे रही थी।"
杀心
Transliteration: shā xīn
"他看着对手，眼中流露出浓烈的杀心。"
살의
Transliteration: sarui
"그의 눈빛에서는 깊은 살의가 느껴졌다."
殺意
Transliteration: satsui
"容疑者の行動には明らかな殺意が認められた。"
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