infanticidal
Kills one's offspring
Infanticidal describes something relating to or characterized by the killing of infants.
The term applies to acts, impulses, or policies: infanticidal rage, infanticidal practices in ancient societies.
In biology, it describes species where adults kill young: infanticidal behavior in male lions.
One who unlawfully kills
- killerOne who causes death
- perpetratorOne who commits wrongdoing
- filicideMurdering one's own child
- homicidalInclined toward killing
culprit · offender · convicted · felon · prosecution · defendant · arraignment · sentencing
Psychiatric emergency after childbirth
- postpartum depressionMood disorder after delivery
- filicideMurdering one's own child
- mental illnessDisorder affecting cognition or mood
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
delusion · dissociation · psychiatric · schizophrenia · depression · psychopathy · trauma · attachment disorder
Inclined to kill
- brutalSavagely harsh or severe
- savageFierce and untamed
- mercilessShowing no clemency
- ruthlessLacking any compassion
lethal · fatal · deadly · bloodthirsty · vicious · pitiless · remorseless · callous
Appallingly, shockingly wicked
- ghastlyTerrifyingly horrible or pale
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
- monstrousFrighteningly huge or wicked
- heinousOdiously, shockingly evil
abominable · appalling · unspeakable · repugnant · sickening · nightmarish · unthinkable · harrowing
murderer
One who unlawfully kills
- killerOne who causes death
- perpetratorOne who commits wrongdoing
- filicideMurdering one's own child
homicidal · culprit · offender · convicted · felon · prosecution · defendant · arraignment · sentencing · incarcerated
postpartum psychosis
Psychiatric emergency after childbirth
- postpartum depressionMood disorder after delivery
- filicideMurdering one's own child
- mental illnessDisorder affecting cognition or mood
psychosis · delusion · dissociation · psychiatric · schizophrenia · depression · psychopathy · trauma · attachment disorder · denial
murderous
Inclined to kill
ruthless · lethal · fatal · deadly · bloodthirsty · vicious · pitiless · remorseless · callous · heartless
atrocious
Appallingly, shockingly wicked
- ghastlyTerrifyingly horrible or pale
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
- monstrousFrighteningly huge or wicked
heinous · abominable · appalling · unspeakable · repugnant · sickening · nightmarish · unthinkable · harrowing · devastating
forbidden
Not allowed
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
ostracism · disgrace · pariah · outcast · unforgivable · reviled · denounced · shunned · vilified · abhorred
infanticidalnurturing
Supportive care-giving
maternal · paternal · protective · parental · caring
infanticidallife-giving
Sustaining or restoring vitality
life-affirming · procreative · generative · fecund · fertile