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bloodthirsty

[ bluhd-thur-stee ]

adjective

  1. eager to shed blood; murderous:

    to capture a bloodthirsty criminal.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,

  2. enjoying or encouraging bloodshed or violence, especially as a spectator or clamorous partisan:

    the bloodthirsty urgings of the fight fans.



bloodthirsty

/ ˈʌˌθɜːɪ /

adjective

  1. murderous; cruel
  2. taking pleasure in bloodshed or violence
  3. describing or depicting killing and violence; gruesome

    a bloodthirsty film

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈǴǻˌٳ󾱰پ, adverb
  • ˈǴǻˌٳ󾱰پԱ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Ǵǻt󾱰i· adverb
  • Ǵǻt󾱰i·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of bloodthirsty1

First recorded in 1525–35; blood + thirsty
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Example Sentences

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Some of those “bloodthirsty … race baiters,” Ickes believed, hoped to scare off the returning detainees from the “economic beachhead” they were trying to rebuild.

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"She was an innocent woman lured to that flat to die," she added, so the pair could act out their "bloodthirsty and wicked fantasy".

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Unfortunately, we haven’t found a way to fill a coliseum with saltwater and bloodthirsty sharks.

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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.

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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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