bloodthirsty

[ bluhd-thur-stee ]

/ ˈblʌdˌθɜr sti /

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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.

Nearby words

bloodstock, bloodstock industry, bloodstone, bloodstream, bloodsucker, bloodthirsty, bloodwood, bloodworm, bloodwort, bloody, bloody caesar

Origin of bloodthirsty

First recorded in 1525–35; blood + thirsty

SYNONYMS FOR bloodthirsty

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

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

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Examples from the Web for bloodthirsty

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|DAILY BEAST
His bloodthirsty fighters might be Baghdad's best hope of stopping the Islamic State.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Nov 3-9, 2014|William Boot|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“ISIS is pure barbarism, it is bloodthirsty,” Marchouch told The Daily Beast in an interview.
ISIS’s Black Flags Are Flying in Europe|Nadette De Visser|July 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Russian revolution of 1917 toppled the tsar and soon installed a bloodthirsty communist regime.
Wounds of World War I Have Yet to Heal|Michael F. Bishop|June 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

They would later be dubbed a “bloodthirsty” “lesbian she-wolf pack” and—most famously—“a seething, Sapphic septet.”
‘Out in the Night’ and the Redemption of the ‘Killer Lesbian Gang'|Nina Strochlic|June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Above, she knew was the terrible Automaton and his bloodthirsty emissary.
The Master Mystery|Arthur B. Reeve and John W. Grey
Bears, I may tell your ladyship, are not bloodthirsty by nature.
The Poor Plutocrats|Maurus Jkai
The ghastly frequency of the punishment by death tended to make people savage and bloodthirsty.
The Coming of the Friars|Augustus Jessopp
Yet she was actually expressing admiration for him and his bloodthirsty methods!
Captain Calamity|Rolf Bennett
These bloodthirsty jackals had been cheated of their prey; they would tear him to pieces in compensation of their loss.
I Will Repay|Baroness Emmuska Orczy

British Dictionary definitions for bloodthirsty

bloodthirsty

/ (ˈblʌdˌθɜːstɪ) /

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

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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