Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Eager to cause or see the shedding of blood.
- adjective Characterized by violence or carnage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Eager to shed blood; murderous: as, “his bloodthirstie blade,” ; “bloodthirsty lord,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Eager to shed blood; cruel; sanguinary; murderous; having a bloodlust.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Eager to resort to
violence . - adjective Characterized by
massive bloodshed .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed
Etymologies
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Examples
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Maybe, but in the arts it takes more than just being good; it takes what I call bloodthirsty determination.
Rain V. C. Andrews 2001
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Maybe, but in the arts it takes more than just being good; it takes what I call bloodthirsty determination.
Rain V. C. Andrews 2001
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They were doing their best to strike down the universal monarchy of Spain, which they described as a bloodthirsty, insatiable, insolent, absolute dominion of Saracenic, Moorish Christians.
History of the United Netherlands, 1590a John Lothrop Motley 1845
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They were doing their best to strike down the universal monarchy of Spain, which they described as a bloodthirsty, insatiable, insolent, absolute dominion of Saracenic, Moorish Christians.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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They were doing their best to strike down the universal monarchy of Spain, which they described as a bloodthirsty, insatiable, insolent, absolute dominion of Saracenic, Moorish Christians.
History of the United Netherlands, 1590-99 — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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They were doing their best to strike down the universal monarchy of Spain, which they described as a bloodthirsty, insatiable, insolent, absolute dominion of Saracenic, Moorish Christians.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Invocations, in bloodthirsty language, encouraged it to punish the guilty party.
Fetishes As Fetish Does Heather McDougal 2007
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Justices — Justiciary — whatever they call their bloodthirsty court, and save your sister from being murdered, and them from becoming murderers.
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When in bloodthirsty history did beauty ever save anyone from anything?
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--- Justiciary --- whatever they call their bloodthirsty court, and save your sister from being murdered, and them from becoming murderers.
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