Bloodthirsty Definition

blŭdthûrstē
blood-thirsty, bloodthirstier, bloodthirstiest
adjective
bloodthirstier, bloodthirstiest
Eager to hurt or kill; murderous; very cruel.
Webster's New World
Characterized by violence or carnage.
A bloodthirsty scene in a play.
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Adjective

Base Form:
bloodthirsty
Comparative:
bloodthirstier
Superlative:
bloodthirstiest

Origin of Bloodthirsty

  • From blood +‎ thirsty. Compare Dutch bloeddorstig (“bloodthirsty”), German blutdürstig (“bloodthirsty”), Danish blodtørstig (“bloodthirsty”), Swedish blodtörstig (“bloodthristy”).

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Bloodthirsty Sentence Examples

  • I'd kill him! shouted Denisov in a bloodthirsty tone.

  • Even within the Arctic Circle they are in many localities abundant and excessively bloodthirsty during the short summer.

  • From his youth he was intensely bloodthirsty and hostile to the Americans.

  • In proportion to their size they are among the most bloodthirsty of animals, though less so than the weasels.

  • The only really brutal tyrants were Darius II., who was completely dominated by his bloodthirsty wife Parysatis, and Artaxerxes III.

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