bloodlust

noun

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

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His temperament is better suited to stories of heroic resilience than ones of greed, bloodlust, and cynical isolationism. Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025 There’s an earthy savagery at the heart of Eden that consumes not just the people onscreen but the people in the audience, too; our own bloodlust is provoked, as if to prove the point that there’s something rotten lurking in the hearts of all people. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2025 Or will the bloodlust of a town searching for an easy scapegoat beat him to the punch? Greg Evans, Deadline, 30 July 2025 Her plan, then, is to reinvigorate his dormant bloodlust. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 10 July 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 11 Sep. 2025.

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