bloodthirsty
eager to shed blood; murderous: to capture a bloodthirsty criminal.
enjoying or encouraging bloodshed or violence, especially as a spectator or clamorous partisan: the bloodthirsty urgings of the fight fans.
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Other words from bloodthirsty
- blood·thirst·i·ly, adverb
- blood·thirst·i·ness, noun
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How to use bloodthirsty in a sentence
Vampire bats may be bloodthirsty, but that doesn’t mean they can’t share a drink with friends.
Bloodthirsty vampire bats like to drink with friends over strangers | Jonathan Lambert | September 23, 2021 | Science NewsBiting a new wound can take 10 to 40 minutes, Carter says, so sharing with a friend could save these bloodthirsty bats time and energy.
Bloodthirsty vampire bats like to drink with friends over strangers | Jonathan Lambert | September 23, 2021 | Science NewsThe mosquito population doesn’t shrink or grow less bloodthirsty, so this approach might not appeal to Floridians anyway.
The U.S.’s first open-air genetically modified mosquitoes have taken flight | Susan Milius | May 14, 2021 | Science NewsHuman beings, it seems, are a peculiarly bloodthirsty species.
Timeless meditations on Earth’s fragility, and the damage humans do | Balaji Ravichandran | May 14, 2021 | Washington PostWe are never going to give up our love for democracy, nor its vitality, nor are we going to let this country be dominated by the insurrectionists who came to this place to do nothing but act in a bloodthirsty manner.
Ocasio-Cortez, other Democrats recount on House floor what they experienced during Capitol siege | Amy B Wang, Colby Itkowitz | February 5, 2021 | Washington Post
bloodthirsty calls for revenge have filled Facebook and Twitter.
Two Days After School Attack, Pakistan Court Lets Terrorists Walk Free | Chris Allbritton | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAll those bloodthirsty tweets and arcane exhortations and now we find out you were an advertising executive—an ad exec!
The Habsburg army, however, Watson contends, were exceptionally bloodthirsty.
His bloodthirsty fighters might be Baghdad's best hope of stopping the Islamic State.
“ISIS is pure barbarism, it is bloodthirsty,” Marchouch told The Daily Beast in an interview.
Maximian, a Pannonian peasant, betrayed the savageness of his nature by his bloodthirsty cruelty.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowIt was some little time before Clarence Tinling gave any opinion upon this bloodthirsty document.
The Talking Horse | F. AnsteyI always thought,” the latter said, “that pumas were such bloodthirsty animals.
The Devil-Tree of El Dorado | Frank AubreySheppy has a standing feud with a neighbour's dog that is amusing rather than bloodthirsty.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurIn Scotland the hag of the south-west wind is similarly a bloodthirsty and fearsome demon.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria | Donald A. Mackenzie
British Dictionary definitions for bloodthirsty
/ (ˈblʌdˌθɜːstɪ) /
murderous; cruel
taking pleasure in bloodshed or violence
describing or depicting killing and violence; gruesome: a bloodthirsty film
Derived forms of bloodthirsty
- bloodthirstily, adverb
- bloodthirstiness, noun
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