bloodthirsty
adjective
Origin of bloodthirsty
Synonyms for bloodthirsty
Related Words for bloodthirsty
ruthless, homicidal, barbaric, cruel, inhuman, savage, sanguinary, slaughterousExamples from the Web for bloodthirsty
Contemporary Examples of bloodthirsty
Bloodthirsty calls for revenge have filled Facebook and Twitter.
Two Days After School Attack, Pakistan Court Lets Terrorists Walk FreeChris Allbritton
December 18, 2014
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.
The Russian revolution of 1917 toppled the tsar and soon installed a bloodthirsty communist regime.
They would later be dubbed a “bloodthirsty” “lesbian she-wolf pack” and—most famously—“a seething, Sapphic septet.”
Historical Examples of bloodthirsty
Isn't the conversation rather too bloodthirsty for a luncheon-table?
The SnareRafael Sabatini
"They say that I am hard, bloodthirsty and unfeeling," he said in tones that were almost of complaint.
The Shame of MotleyRaphael Sabatini
For she had a general belief that all Orientals were bloodthirsty.
An Old MeerschaumDavid Christie Murray
They boasted that none were so fierce and bloodthirsty as they.
Stories the Iroquois Tell Their ChildrenMabel Powers
So you've brought that d—— bloodthirsty villain into my house!
Among the PinesJames R. Gilmore