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bloodthirsty

bloodt·hirsty

UK/ˈblʌdθəːsti/ US/ˈblʌdˌθɚsti/ uncommon

adjective

1.

marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed

  • “bloody-minded tyrants”
  • “bloodthirsty yells”
  • “went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood” G.W.Johnson
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Origin

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

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