bloodthirsty
/ˈblʌdθəːsti
/adjective (bloodthirstier, bloodthirstiest)
1Having or showing a desire to kill and maim: a bloodthirsty dictator...
- Showing that some of those killed were even more bloodthirsty than their killers is no extenuation.
- He's quite bloodthirsty, killing anyone who disobeys him and gets in his way.
- Often regarded as a bloodthirsty dictator, he was later valued for his social ideals of reducing inequality and ensuring work for all.
Synonyms
murderous, homicidal, violent, sadistic, warlike, bellicose, bloody;
vicious, ruthless, callous, heartless, merciless, barbarous, barbaric, savage, brutal, cut-throat;
fierce, ferocious, inhuman
archaic sanguinary
1.1(Of a story or film) containing or depicting much violence: a bloodthirsty occult movie...
- Most people would allow, though, that bloodthirsty material could be a catalyst in rare cases where very damaged children are exposed to an overload of vicious fantasy.
- There are lashings of bloodthirsty violence in the film, but plenty of pitch-black humour too.
- The film is a little bloodthirsty sometimes during the battle scenes.
Derivatives
bloodthirstily
- The Chief laughed softly, bloodthirstily, and Ravenna felt shivers run down her spine.
- When you stumble, there are a billion others, bloodthirstily waiting to take your place.
- Sometimes I wonder how that would have gone if we'd been as bloodthirstily partisan then as we are now.
bloodthirstiness
/ noun ...- What I found was that many who advocated invasion, colonisation and even mass murder didn't necessarily do so from an inherent bloodthirstiness.
- I think that's quite enough bloodthirstiness from me.
- Then we would all have had to concentrate upon dealing with hate and bloodthirstiness instead of pouring all our energy into controlling sexuality.