Bloodthirsty

Alternative forms

• blood-thirsty obsolete
• bloud-thirsty obsolete
• bloudthirsty obsolete

Origin

From blood + thirsty. Compare Dutch bloeddorstig ("bloodthirsty"), German blutdürstig ("bloodthirsty"), Danish blodtørstig ("bloodthirsty"), Swedish blodtörstig ("bloodthristy").

Full definition of bloodthirsty

Adjective

1. Eager to resort to violence.
2. Characterized by massive bloodshed.