Bloodthirsty

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Eager to shed blood.
  • adj. Characterized by great carnage.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Eager to resort to violence.
  • adj. Characterized by massive bloodshed.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Eager to shed blood; cruel; sanguinary; murderous; having a bloodlust.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Eager to shed blood; murderous: as, “his bloodthirstie blade,” ; “bloodthirsty lord,”
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed
  • Equivalent
    bloody   
    Antonym
    gentle   
    Variant
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cruel    sanguinary    murderous    cannibal    bloody   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    murderous    greedy    lawless    ruthless    treacherous