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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
Derived Forms
- ˈǴǻˌٳپ, adverb
- ˈǴǻˌٳپԱ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- Ǵǻti· adverb
- Ǵǻti·Ա noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of bloodthirsty1
Example Sentences
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.
Years before the Civil War, a disorderly, sometimes bloodthirsty, vigilante local militia known as the “Monte boys” made the town a kind of sanctuary for hair-trigger Confederate sympathies and racist sentiments.
The Guardian said that after a pretty slow start, the returning series eventually turned into "TV that will make you uncomfortably bloodthirsty indeed".
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