bloodthirsty

[bluhd-thur-stee]

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adjective

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.

Origin of bloodthirsty

First recorded in 1525–35; blood + thirsty

Related formsblood·thirst·i·ly, adverbblood·thirst·i·ness, noun

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1. homicidal, savage, brutal, bloody; merciless, pitiless.

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Contemporary Examples

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
His bloodthirsty fighters might be Baghdad's best hope of stopping the Islamic State.
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William Boot
November 9, 2014
“ISIS is pure barbarism, it is bloodthirsty,” Marchouch told The Daily Beast in an interview.
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Nadette De Visser
July 28, 2014
The Russian revolution of 1917 toppled the tsar and soon installed a bloodthirsty communist regime.
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Michael F. Bishop
June 28, 2014
They would later be dubbed a “bloodthirsty” “lesbian she-wolf pack” and—most famously—“a seething, Sapphic septet.”
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Nina Strochlic
June 21, 2014

Historical Examples

Isn't the conversation rather too bloodthirsty for a luncheon-table?
The Snare
Rafael Sabatini
"They say that I am hard, bloodthirsty and unfeeling," he said in tones that were almost of complaint.
The Shame of Motley
Raphael Sabatini
For she had a general belief that all Orientals were bloodthirsty.
An Old Meerschaum
David Christie Murray
They boasted that none were so fierce and bloodthirsty as they.
Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children
Mabel Powers
So you've brought that d—— bloodthirsty villain into my house!
Among the Pines
James R. Gilmore

British Dictionary definitions for bloodthirsty

bloodthirsty

adjective -thirstier or -thirstiest

murderous; cruel
taking pleasure in bloodshed or violence
describing or depicting killing and violence; gruesomea bloodthirsty film

Derived Formsbloodthirstily, adverbbloodthirstiness, noun

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Word Origin and History for bloodthirsty

adj.

also blood-thirsty, 1530s (Coverdale, Ps. xxv:9), from blood (n.) + thirsty (adj.). Ancient Greek had a similar image in haimodipsos. Related: Bloodthirstiness.

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Examples from the Web for bloodthirsty

Contemporary Examples

Bloodthirsty calls for revenge have filled Facebook and Twitter.

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

Isn't the conversation rather too bloodthirsty for a luncheon-table?

"They say that I am hard, bloodthirsty and unfeeling," he said in tones that were almost of complaint.

For she had a general belief that all Orientals were bloodthirsty.

They boasted that none were so fierce and bloodthirsty as they.

So you've brought that d—— bloodthirsty villain into my house!

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Word Origin and History for bloodthirsty

adj.

Origin of bloodthirsty