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   Blood·thirst·y

   /ˈblədˌTHərstē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. eager to shed blood: "a bloodthirsty dictator"
   • ▪ (of a story or movie) containing or depicting much violence: "a bloodthirsty novel"

   Derivatives

   • 1. bloodthirstily adverb
   • 2. bloodthirstiness noun

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   • Definition of bloodthirsty adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary wanting to kill or wound; enjoying seeing or hearing about killing and violence We are not a bloodthirsty people. Questions about grammar and vocabulary? Find the answers with Practical English Usage online, your indispensable guide to problems in English.

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   • Bloodthirsty synonyms. Top synonyms for bloodthirsty (other words for bloodthirsty) are murderous, cruel and brutal.

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   What is a bloodthirsty scene?

   • 1. Eager to cause or see the shedding of blood. 2. Characterized by violence or carnage: a bloodthirsty scene in a play. blood′thirst′i·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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   What is a bloodthirsty warrior?

   • 1. eager to kill people. a bloodthirsty warrior. 2. (of a film etc) full of scenes in which there is much killing. any of the tubes in the body through which the blood flows. He has burst a blood-vessel. while free from excitement or passion. He killed his son in cold blood.

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   adjective. us / ˈblʌdˌθɜr·sti / Add to word list. eager to see or take part in violence: a bloodthirsty tyrant / crowd. (Definition of bloodthirsty from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of bloodthirsty? Translations of bloodthirsty. in Chinese (Traditional) 嗜血的，好殺戮的… See more.

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   May 14, 2024 · 1. eager to shed blood; murderous. to capture a bloodthirsty criminal. 2. enjoying or encouraging bloodshed or violence, esp. as a spectator or clamorous partisan. the bloodthirsty urgings of the fight fans. SYNONYMS 1. homicidal, savage, brutal, bloody; merciless, pitiless.

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   Define bloodthirsty. bloodthirsty synonyms, bloodthirsty pronunciation, bloodthirsty translation, English dictionary definition of bloodthirsty. adj. 1. Eager to cause or see the shedding of blood. 2. Characterized by violence or carnage: a bloodthirsty scene in a play. blood′thirst′i·ly adv....

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   eager to shed blood; murderous: to capture a bloodthirsty criminal. enjoying or encouraging bloodshed or violence, especially as a spectator or clamorous partisan: the bloodthirsty urgings of the fight fans.

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   eager to shed blood; murderous: to capture a bloodthirsty criminal. enjoying or encouraging bloodshed or violence, especially as a spectator or clamorous partisan: the bloodthirsty urgings of the fight fans.

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   From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English blood‧thirst‧y /ˈblʌdˌθɜːsti $ -ɜːr-/ adjective 1 eager to kill and wound, or enjoying killing and violence a bloodthirsty crowd see thesaurus at violent 2 describing or showing violence SYN violent The film was too bloodthirsty for me.