bloodlust

noun

blood·​lust ˈbləd-ˌləst How to pronounce bloodlust (audio)
: desire for bloodshed

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Her plan, then, is to reinvigorate his dormant bloodlust. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 10 July 2025 However, some new reevaluations of primary source documents and ethnobotanical fieldwork now suggests there was more to the madman than tyrannical bloodlust. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 July 2025 The Rage Virus, too, worked as a metaphor for America and its allies' seeming bloodlust for retaliation and the forthcoming war in Iraq. James Grebey, Time, 20 June 2025 Rather than using the salvation of Tommy as an excuse to inadvertently kill those who wronged her, Ellie’s bloodlust is on full display to Dina. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for bloodlust

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bloodlust was in 1848

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“Bloodlust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodlust. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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