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View synonyms for blood and thunder
blood and thunder
noun
- sensationalism, violence, or exaggerated melodrama:
a movie full of blood and thunder.
blood-and-thunder
adjective
- denoting or relating to a melodramatic adventure story
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Word History and Origins
Origin of blood and thunder1
First recorded in 1855–60
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Example Sentences
That was a regular hair-raiser, as the fellow said when he finished the blood-and-thunder story.
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Just show me something more in the blood-and-thunder line—no, at the other end of the room.
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Such had been his character and life that the illustrious man was called by the name of Old Blood-and-Thunder.
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Even a blood-and-thunder story of the Russian police was turned on as a serial story in their daily papers.
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An aide-de-camp of Old Blood-and-Thunder, travelling through the valley, was said to have been struck with the resemblance.
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