matricidal
Having slain mother
Matricidal describes something relating to or involving the killing of one's own mother.
A matricidal act or matricidal impulse concerns this specific form of murder.
The word can describe the killer themselves: a matricidal son.
The noun is matricide—both the act and the person who commits it.
Slaying one's own parent
- patricideMurder of one's father
- filicideMurdering one's own child
- fratricideKilling one's own brother
- sororicideMurdering one's own sister
infanticide · regicide · familicide · blood relation · domestic · intergenerational · inheritance · family violence
Matricidal prince of myth
- ElectraMythic Greek princess
- ClytemnestraGreek queen, husband-slayer
- AeschylusFather of tragedy
- ErinyesGreek vengeance deities
Furies · Oresteia · Agamemnon · Sophocles · Euripides · Delphi · Apollo · Athena
Causing another's death
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
- felonySerious criminal offense
- premeditatedPlanned before acting
- manslaughterUnlawful killing without forethought
prosecution · forensics · motive · sentencing · conviction · incarceration · malice · perpetrator
Not allowed
- unnaturalContrary to normal order
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- violationBreaking of rules
- sacrilegeViolation of the hallowed
desecration · primal · Freudian · Electra complex · repressed · unconscious · archetype · symbolic
Odiously, shockingly evil
- monstrousFrighteningly huge or wicked
- unthinkableToo terrible to contemplate
- atrociousAppallingly, shockingly wicked
- appallingInspiring horror or disgust
gruesome · abominable · harrowing · disturbing · shocking · ghastly · macabre · repugnant
parricide
Slaying one's own parent
- patricideMurder of one's father
- filicideMurdering one's own child
- fratricideKilling one's own brother
sororicide · infanticide · regicide · familicide · blood relation · domestic · intergenerational · inheritance · family violence · elder abuse
Orestes
Matricidal prince of myth
- ElectraMythic Greek princess
- ClytemnestraGreek queen, husband-slayer
- AeschylusFather of tragedy
Erinyes · Furies · Oresteia · Agamemnon · Sophocles · Euripides · Delphi · Apollo · Athena · vengeance
homicide
Causing another's death
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
- felonySerious criminal offense
- premeditatedPlanned before acting
manslaughter · prosecution · forensics · motive · sentencing · conviction · incarceration · malice · perpetrator · defendant
forbidden
Not allowed
- unnaturalContrary to normal order
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- violationBreaking of rules
sacrilege · desecration · primal · Freudian · Electra complex · repressed · unconscious · archetype · symbolic · cultural taboo
heinous
Odiously, shockingly evil
- monstrousFrighteningly huge or wicked
- unthinkableToo terrible to contemplate
- atrociousAppallingly, shockingly wicked
appalling · gruesome · abominable · harrowing · disturbing · shocking · ghastly · macabre · repugnant · unspeakable