bloodthirsty
pronunciation
How to pronounce bloodthirsty in British English:
UK [ˈblʌdθɜ:sti]
How to pronounce bloodthirsty in American English:
US [ˈblʌdθɜrsti]
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- Adjective:
- marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed
Word Origin
- bloodthirsty (adj.)
- also blood-thirsty, 1530s (Coverdale, Ps. xxv:9), from blood (n.) + thirsty (adj.). Ancient Greek had a similar image in haimodipsos. Related: Bloodthirstiness.
Example
- 1. He was an eager bloodthirsty killer .
- 2. From the middle of 1793 the revolution took a more bloodthirsty turn .
- 3. Bedbugs , tiny bloodthirsty insects , are hosts to organisms that cause hepatitis b and chagas disease , say health experts .
- 4. Following the 1994 genocide in rwanda , an influx of refugees , along with bloodthirsty militias , moved across the border into the neighboring drc .
- 5. But it is another thing entirely to read about patently biased judges , policemen who lie under oath ( and may well have planted evidence ) and bloodthirsty prosecutors .