BLOODY MURDER Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

bloody murder

adverb

Definition of bloody murder

as in blatantly

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Recent Examples of bloody murder Like Frank, Rick is obsessed with desire, but his ultimate goal is to commit bloody murder, rather than indulge in a series of increasingly elaborate hookups. — Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025 The media, Democrats and their NGO allies are crying bloody murder, but most Americans employed in the private sector understand that layoffs are an unpleasant fact of working life. — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025 After a bloody murder sends a high school party into a panic, Winnie ends up saving her brother Jimmy (Aiden Howard) by killing Waters. — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023 This one comes with sledgehammer and a penchant for bloody murder. — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023 See All Example Sentences for bloody murder

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Adverb

Diamondbacks pitcher Eduardo Rodríguez blatantly balked in front of a crowd of 24,297, and the only four people who could fix it didn’t see it until watching a video afterward.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026
The other was filed by Bonta, who said that Bianco blatantly disregarded his authority as attorney general.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of blatantly

Adverb

For years, the SEC and CFTC had not settled that question clearly enough for the market to move with confidence, creating friction when there was none to begin with.

— Manny Khan, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Insofar as these drawings depart from previous works, they were clearly made for a new reason.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of clearly

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Its 90-minute set was lustily accompanied by Dudamel and his band.

— Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Tom Cruise sat elbow to elbow with David Beckham; UCLA and Los Angeles Lakers star Kareem Abdul Jabbar got a rousing ovation and Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart was lustily booed.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 13 June 2026

Definition of lustily

Adverb

Cinema United, the movie theater trade organization, once vociferously opposed to the merger, backed off Tuesday and called for a settlement to avoid industry uncertainty.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026
These moves have once again foregrounded Paul's unproven claims that the SARS-Cov-2 virus came from a lab leak and that Fauci covered it up — a charge the scientist has vociferously denied.

— Ari Daniel, NPR, 30 July 2026

Definition of vociferously

Adverb

After the 911 audio concluded, a recess was called and she was wheeled from the room sobbing loudly.

— Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
Or, for that matter, honest people who are just loudly watching drunk people fight each other on YouTube during the middle of their shift at a debt collection agency.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of loudly

Adverb

Lawsuits, bureaucratic battles, boisterously divisive council arguments and vicious social media debates have been part of Bloomfield life for years, and intensified during Danielle Wong’s contentious time as mayor.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2026
Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith’s screenplay is littered with exaggerated stereotypes just waiting to be boisterously subverted.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 June 2026

Definition of boisterously

Adverb

So Zohran Mamdani deserves at least tentative kudos for taking it on so early in his administration and for offering a solution that, while resoundingly imperfect, at least seems grounded in the real world.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 24 Aug. 2026
Progressive challengers Elijah Manley and Oliver Larkin failed resoundingly.

— Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of resoundingly

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