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bloodthirsty
[ bluhd-thur-stee ]
bloodthirsty
/ ˈblʌdˌθɜːstɪ /
adjective
- murderous; cruel
- taking pleasure in bloodshed or violence
- describing or depicting killing and violence; gruesome
a bloodthirsty film
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Derived Forms
- ˈbloodˌthirstily, adverb
- ˈbloodˌthirstiness, noun
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Other Words From
- bloodthirsti·ly adverb
- bloodthirsti·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bloodthirsty1
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Example Sentences
Bloodthirsty calls for revenge have filled Facebook and Twitter.
All those bloodthirsty tweets and arcane exhortations and now we find out you were an advertising executive—an ad exec!
The Habsburg army, however, Watson contends, were exceptionally bloodthirsty.
His bloodthirsty fighters might be Baghdad's best hope of stopping the Islamic State.
“ISIS is pure barbarism, it is bloodthirsty,” Marchouch told The Daily Beast in an interview.
Maximian, a Pannonian peasant, betrayed the savageness of his nature by his bloodthirsty cruelty.
It was some little time before Clarence Tinling gave any opinion upon this bloodthirsty document.
I always thought,” the latter said, “that pumas were such bloodthirsty animals.
Sheppy has a standing feud with a neighbour's dog that is amusing rather than bloodthirsty.
In Scotland the hag of the south-west wind is similarly a bloodthirsty and fearsome demon.
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