bloodthirsty

Meaning

1. Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed; murderous.
2. Of a book, film, etc.: depicting much violence; gory, violent.
3. (humorous) Of a mosquito, tenaciously seeking to draw blood.

Opposite of

unbloodthirsty

Synonyms

sanguinary

cruel

murderous

brutal

bloody

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fierce

inhuman

atrocious

barbarian

barbarous

grim

unkind

incisive

merciless

blood-thirsty

homicidal

bloody-minded

bloodsucking

tigrish

assassin

blood crazed

cannibal

ferocious

gory

homicide

killer

killing

murderer

predatory

ravenous

sanguineous

savage

slaughterous

starving

tigerish

unpleasant

violent

Translations

sanguinaire

sanguinario

sanguinario

bloeddorstig

blutrünstig

moordziek

blutdürstig

moordlustig

sanguinário

kana susamış

bloederig

🩸

bloeddorstige

bloederige

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈblʌdθəːsti/

Etymology

Cognate with Western Frisian: bloeddorstich

Cognate with Dutch: bloeddorstig

Cognate with German: blutdürstig

Cognate with Danish: blodtørstig

Cognate with Swedish: blodtörstig

Cognate with Norwegian: blodtørstig

In summary

From blood + thirsty. Cognate with West Frisian bloeddorstich (“bloodthirsty”), Dutch bloeddorstig (“bloodthirsty”), German blutdürstig (“bloodthirsty”), Danish blodtørstig (“bloodthirsty”), Swedish blodtörstig (“bloodthristy”), Norwegian blodtørstig (“bloodthirsty”).