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noun. : desire for bloodshed. Word History. Etymology. blood + thirst. Love words? You must — there are over 200,000 words in our free online dictionary, but you are looking for one that’s only in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary. Start your free trial today and get unlimited access to America's largest dictionary, with:
The earliest known use of the noun bloodthirst is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for bloodthirst is from 1574, in the writing of John Higgins, poet and linguist. bloodthirst is formed within English, by compounding.
BLOODTHIRSTY definition: 1. eager to see or take part in violence and killing: 2. eager to see or take part in violence and…. Learn more.
(of a book, film, etc.) describing or showing killing and violence. It’s a bloodthirsty tale of murder and revenge. See bloodthirsty in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: bloodthirsty. Definition of bloodthirsty adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
bloodthirsty. the "bloodthirsty" family. Someone who's bloodthirsty is savage and murderous, or is very quick to resort to violence. A bloodthirsty general might launch one attack after another, eager to kill as many enemy soldiers as possible.
enjoying or encouraging bloodshed or violence, especially as a spectator or clamorous partisan: the bloodthirsty urgings of the fight fans. bloodthirsty. / ˈblʌdˌθɜːstɪ / adjective. murderous; cruel. taking pleasure in bloodshed or violence. describing or depicting killing and violence; gruesome. a bloodthirsty film. Discover More. Derived Forms.
: eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, violence, or killing. bloodthirstily. ˈbləd-ˌthər-stə-lē. adverb. bloodthirstiness. ˈbləd-ˌthər-stē-nəs. noun. Synonyms. bloody-minded. homicidal. murdering. murderous. sanguinary. sanguineous. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of bloodthirsty in a Sentence.
