Synonyms of bloodthirsty

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murderous
• murdering
• savage
• bloody
• brutal
• ferocious
• violent
• vicious
• homicidal
• fierce
• sanguinary
• ruthless
• cruel
• sanguine
• contentious
• aggressive
• bloody-minded
• sanguineous
• sadistic
• hostile
• merciless
• barbaric
• barbarous
• heartless
• hateful
• antagonistic
• inhumane
• belligerent
• bellicose
• malicious
• pitiless
• pugnacious
• gladiatorial
• combative
• truculent
• quarrelsome
• cold-blooded
• malevolent
• malignant
• assertive
• spiteful
• grim
• gory
• scrappy
• bloodstained
• wanton
• discordant
• malign
• nasty
• fell
• mean
• despiteful

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bloodthirsty

But bloodthirsty violence isn’t all that’s needed to get there. —Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026

Hip-hop, rock and roll, and even country music are full of revolutionary rhetoric and bloodthirsty threats. —Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026

Their pointy faces stretched ahead of them with a sweet, if bloodthirsty, curiosity. —Blair Braverman, Outside, 21 Jan. 2026

And more recently, in the new season of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Simons has given Camp Half-Blood’s vaguely evil new head, King Tantalus, a bit of bloodthirsty swagger, as well as Robert Smith–style hair and a touch of pathos. —Marah Eakin, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2026