bloodthirsty

adjmurderous

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Synonyms for bloodthirsty

adj murderous

More words related to bloodthirsty

beastlike

adjective. ferocious

bloodiest

adjective. hard-fought

bloody

adjective. hard-fought

bloody-minded

adjective. murderous

brutal

adjective. cruel, remorseless

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 for bloodthirsty

Isn't the conversation rather too bloodthirsty for a luncheon-table?

"They say that I am hard, bloodthirsty and unfeeling," he said in tones that were almost of complaint.

For she had a general belief that all Orientals were bloodthirsty.

They boasted that none were so fierce and bloodthirsty as they.

So you've brought that d—— bloodthirsty villain into my house!

Echidna was a bloodthirsty monster, half maiden, half serpent.

Now was the time for the Prophet to show his bloodthirsty nature.

The lean, bloodthirsty minks and weasels are on the hunt all winter.

I was strangely confident at the time that we should outwit our bloodthirsty foes.

The Assyrians were fierce, cruel, bloodthirsty, and pitiless.