bloodthirsty

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈblʌdˌθɚsti/ UK /ˈblʌdθəːsti/ See IPA manual

Freq #18366

Meanings

1

adj
Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed; murderous.

[I]t is, as I may ſo ſay, a ſavvcy Plot: and vve all knovv, moſt Reverend Fathers, that vvhat is ſavvce for a Gooſe is ſavvce for a Gander: Therefore, I ſay, as thoſe bloud-thirſty Ganders of the conſpiracy vvould have deſtroyed us Geeſe of the Senate, let us make haſte to deſtroy them, ſo I humbly move for hanging— […].
2

adj
Of a mosquito, tenaciously seeking to draw blood.

For, whether they were attracted by the lantern, or by the unaccustomed smell of a white man for which they had been waiting for the last thousand years or so, I know not; but certainly we were presently attacked by tens of thousands of the most blood-thirsty, pertinacious, and huge mosquitoes that I ever saw or read of.
3

adj
marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · thirsty for blood:... bloodlustyhomicidal murderousmurtherous

3 adj · marked by eagerness to... bloody-mindedsanguinary

Word family

Forms bloodthirstiness

Etymology

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

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# bloodthirsty

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈblʌdˌθɚsti/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈblʌdθəːsti/
**Frequency rank:** 18366

## Meanings
1. Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed; murderous.
2. Of a mosquito, tenaciously seeking to draw blood.
3. marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed

## Examples
- [I]t is, as I may ſo ſay, a ſavvcy Plot: and vve all knovv, moſt Reverend Fathers, that vvhat is ſavvce for a Gooſe is ſavvce for a Gander: Therefore, I ſay, as thoſe bloud-thirſty Ganders of the conſpiracy vvould have deſtroyed us Geeſe of the Senate, let us make haſte to deſtroy them, ſo I humbly move for hanging— […].
- For, whether they were attracted by the lantern, or by the unaccustomed smell of a white man for which they had been waiting for the last thousand years or so, I know not; but certainly we were presently attacked by tens of thousands of the most blood-thirsty, pertinacious, and huge mosquitoes that I ever saw or read of.

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

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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