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BLOODTHIRSTY
bloodthirsty, bloody-minded, sanguinary
(adjective) marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed; “bloody-minded tyrants”; “bloodthirsty yells”; “went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood”-G.W.Johnson
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
bloodthirsty (comparative bloodthirstier or more bloodthirsty, superlative bloodthirstiest or most bloodthirsty)
Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed; murderous.
Synonyms: bloodlusty, homicidal, murtherous (archaic), murderous
Antonym: unbloodthirsty
Of a book, film, etc.: depicting much violence; gory, violent.
Source: Wiktionary
Blood"thirst`y, a.
Definition: Eager to shed blood; cruel; sanguinary; murderous.
– Blood"thirst`i*ness (n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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