bloodthirsty
adj/ˈblʌdθəːsti/UK/ˈblʌdˌθɚsti/US
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”).
Definitions
Thirsty for blood
Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed; murderous.
Of a book, film, etc.
Of a book, film, etc.: depicting much violence; gory, violent.
Of a mosquito, tenaciously seeking to draw blood.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for bloodthirsty. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA