BLOODTHIRSTY Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

bloodthirsty

adjective

ˈbləd-ˌthər-stē

as in murderous

eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing the Goths were a wild and bloodthirsty people

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Recent Examples of bloodthirsty The Democrats, though, have no problems releasing all these bloodthirsty thugs back into the neighborhood. —

Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 4 Mar. 2026 This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and his gang of bloodthirsty THUGS. —

Dan Mangan,leslie Josephs,spencer Kimball,cj Haddad,justin Papp,jordan Novet, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2026 It’s been 30 years since Capcom introduced us to the world of Resident Evil, where a bioweapon has turned all sorts of creatures into bloodthirsty zombies. —

ABC News, 20 Feb. 2026 But bloodthirsty violence isn’t all that’s needed to get there. —

Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bloodthirsty

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An account of life in Berlin from 1939 to 1945 under a murderous regime.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
In the new sequel, Grace teams with her estranged younger sister, Faith (Kathryn Newton), as they’re hunted by four elite families full of murderous jerks scrambling to become the High Seat of a Council that controls the world.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026