bloodthirstiness

see definition of bloodthirstiness

as inferocity
as ininhumanity
as inbrutality
as insavagery
as intruculence
as intruculency
as incruelty

Synonyms for bloodthirstiness

adj fierceness

ferocity

adjective. fierceness

inhumanity

noun. lack of compassion

Word Origin & History

also blood-thirsty, 1530s (Coverdale, Ps. xxv:9), from blood (n.) + thirsty (adj.). Ancient Greek had a similar image in haimodipsos. Related: Bloodthirstiness.

Example Sentences forbloodthirstiness

Their heroism was the bloodthirstiness of democratic cruelty.

There is always some germ of Mr. Hyde's bloodthirstiness in the benevolence of Dr. Jekyll.

And these fifty heads falling like poppy-heads, were not enough for his bloodthirstiness.

Marie Louise sickened at the bloodthirstiness of Polly the insouciante.

He wanted her to call his bloodthirstiness bravery and his cruelty devotion.

She hastened to redeem herself from any possible charge of bloodthirstiness.

Indeed, he lectured me severely on the sins of bloodthirstiness and a desire for revenge.

Let the man live, and do not seek to emulate his bloodthirstiness.

A naked, bloody example of the bloodthirstiness of the nineteenth-century civilization of the Athens of the South!

The cruel Aurangzeeb practically closed the Mogul dynasty by his weakness, bloodthirstiness, and uncompromising bigotry.

bloodthirstiness

Synonyms for bloodthirstiness

More words related to bloodthirstiness

brutality

cruelty

ferocity

inhumanity

savagery

truculence