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bloodthirsty
[bluhd-thur-stee]
adjective
eager to shed blood; murderous.
to capture a bloodthirsty criminal.
Synonyms: , , , , ,enjoying or encouraging bloodshed or violence, especially as a spectator or clamorous partisan.
the bloodthirsty urgings of the fight fans.
bloodthirsty
/ ˈʌˌθɜːɪ /
adjective
murderous; cruel
taking pleasure in bloodshed or violence
describing or depicting killing and violence; gruesome
a bloodthirsty film
Other 51Թ Forms
- bloodthirstily adverb
- bloodthirstiness noun
- ˈǴǻˌٳپ adverb
- ˈǴǻˌٳپԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bloodthirsty1
Example Sentences
And they defy their caricature of red-eyed, bloodthirsty beasts.
This case involves the Hatchet Girls, a cult that follows a bloodthirsty leader intent on giving polite society hell.
Some of those “bloodthirsty … race baiters,” Ickes believed, hoped to scare off the returning detainees from the “economic beachhead” they were trying to rebuild.
"She was an innocent woman lured to that flat to die," she added, so the pair could act out their "bloodthirsty and wicked fantasy".
Unfortunately, we haven’t found a way to fill a coliseum with saltwater and bloodthirsty sharks.
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