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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out for blood

But Kiffin made it clear that he was out for blood in his first outing as LSU’s head coach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

She isn’t out for blood so much as a witty delight.

From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2023

Because the Longhorns will be out for blood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2022

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

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2022

After I scored the first point of the match, I think she was out for blood.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad