bloodthirsty

blood·thirsty

adj \ˈbləd-ˌthər-stē\

Definition of BLOODTHIRSTY

: eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, violence, or killing

— blood·thirst·i·ly \-stə-lē\ adverb

— blood·thirst·i·ness \-stē-nəs\ noun

Examples of BLOODTHIRSTY

1. <the Goths were a wild and bloodthirsty people>

First Known Use of BLOODTHIRSTY

1935

Related to BLOODTHIRSTY

Synonyms: bloody, bloody-minded, homicidal, murdering, murderous, sanguinary, sanguine, sanguineous

Related Words: barbaric, barbarous, brutal, cold-blooded, cruel, heartless, inhumane, sadistic, savage, vicious, wanton; antagonistic, ferocious, fierce, gladiatorial, hostile; aggressive, assertive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, discordant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent, violent; merciless, pitiless, ruthless; bloodstained, fell, gory, grim; despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful

Near Antonyms: appeasing, conciliatory, disarming, dovish, mollifying, pacific, pacifying, peaceable, peaceful, peacemaking, placating, placative, placatory, propitiatory; unaggressive, unassertive; benign, benignant, compassionate, good-hearted, humane, kind, kindhearted, sympathetic, tenderhearted; tender, warm, warmhearted; clement, lenient, merciful; affable, amiable, amicable, benevolent, gentle, kindly; submissive, surrendering, yielding

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