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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