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blood·thirst·y

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–adjective

1.	eager to shed blood; murderous: to capture a bloodthirsty criminal.

2.	enjoying or encouraging bloodshed or violence, esp. as a spectator or clamorous partisan: the bloodthirsty urgings of the fight fans.

[Origin: 1525–35; blood + thirsty

]

—Related forms

blood·thirst·i·ly, adverb

blood·thirst·i·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. homicidal, savage, brutal, bloody; merciless, pitiless.

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blood·thirst·y Audio Help (blŭd'thûr'stē) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Eager to shed blood.
Characterized by great carnage.

blood'thirst'i·ly adv., blood'thirst'i·ness n.

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bloodthirsty
adjective
marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed; "bloody-minded tyrants"; "bloodthirsty yells"; "went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood"-G.W.Johnson

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈbloodthirsty1 adjective

eager to kill people
Example: a bloodthirsty warrior

Arabic:	سَفّاحٌ، مُتَعَطِّشٌ إلى سَفْكِ الدَّم
Chinese (Traditional):	嗜血的，殘忍的
Czech:	krvežíznivý
Danish:	blodtørstig
Dutch:	bloeddorstig
Estonian:	verejanuline
Finnish:	verenhimoinen
French:	assoiffé de sang
German:	blutrünstig
Greek:	αιμοχαρής
Hungarian:	vérszomjas
Icelandic:	blóðþyrstur
Indonesian:	suka membunuh, haus darah
Italian:	sanguinario, assetato di sangue
Japanese:	血に飢えた

Korean:	피에 굶주린
Latvian:	asinskārs
Lithuanian:	ištroškęs kraujo, kraugeriškas
Norwegian:	blodtørstig
Polish:	krwiożerczy
Portuguese (Brazil):	sangüinário
Portuguese (Portugal):	sanguinário
Romanian:	sângeros
Russian:	жаждущий кровопролития
Slovak:	krvilačný
Slovenian:	krvoločen
Spanish:	sanguinario
Swedish:	blodtörstig
Turkish:	kana susamış, canavar ruhlu

ˈbloodthirsty2 adjective

(of a film etc) full of scenes in which there is much killing

Arabic:	مَليئٌ بِمَشاهِدِ سَفْكِ الدَّم
Chinese (Traditional):	充滿凶殺的
Czech:	drastický
Danish:	blodtørstig
Dutch:	bloedig
Estonian:	verine
Finnish:	verinen
French:	sanguinaire
German:	blutrünstig
Greek:	με πολλούς σκοτωμούς, με σκηνές αιματοχυσίας για ταιν�
Hungarian:	ahol sok vér folyik
Icelandic:	ofbeldis, blóðidrifin
Indonesian:	penuh pembunuhan, ganas
Italian:	sanguinario
Japanese:	残忍な

Korean:	살기 등등한
Latvian:	par filmu u.tml. asiņains
Lithuanian:	žiaurus
Norwegian:	voldelig, volds
Polish:	krwawy
Portuguese (Brazil):	sangrento
Portuguese (Portugal):	sangrento
Romanian:	cu scene sângeroase
Russian:	кровожадный
Slovak:	krvák
Slovenian:	okruten
Spanish:	sangriento
Swedish:	blodig
Turkish:	şiddet dolu

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Bloodthirsty

Blood"thirst`y\, a. Eager to shed blood; cruel; sanguinary; murderous. -- Blood"thirst`i*ness (?), n.

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