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bloodthirsty

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Synonyms & Antonyms of bloodthirsty

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

the Goths were a wild and bloodthirsty people

Synonyms for bloodthirsty

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

Words Related to bloodthirsty

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 for bloodthirsty

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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