out for blood

ADJECTIVE

serious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dangerous deep difficult far-reaching grievous important major meaningful severe significant tough urgent

WEAK

arduous fateful fell formidable grave grim hard heavy laborious meaning business menacing momentous no joke no laughing matter of consequence operose playing hard ball pressing smoking sobering strenuous strictly business threatening ugly unamusing unhumorous worrying

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm easy facile friendly insignificant little meaningless minor small trivial unimportant worthless

WEAK

flippant funny happy light unserious

Example Sentences

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I remember when this invasion started more than two weeks ago that a call went out for blood donations.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2022

Penn State’s defense will be out for blood, and as long as quarterback Sean Clifford doesn’t make big mistakes, the Nittany Lions should prevail.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2021

There is a lot to love about Frank Oz’s 1986 dark comedy/horror about a florist who discovers one of his shop’s plants is out for blood.

From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2021

My sister-in-law is out for blood because her “baby” can’t be expected to show up dressed and not on her phone without a written warning.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2020

They were quick on their feet, stole every stealable base at least once, and were clearly out for blood.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone

out for blood

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