Synonyms for blood-thirsty
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Sanguinary — thirsty for blood, inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed; murderous
sanguinary, murderous, bloody, savage, ruthless, homicidal, ferocious, cruel, brutal, bloody-minded, inhuman, truculent, gory, bloodlusty, sadistic, brutish, diabolical, pitiless, barbarous, diabolic, barbarian, grim
Definitions
- adj. 1
Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed; murderous.
Related words
- Other spellings
- bloodthirsting bloodthirsty
Example sentences
- bloody Tom was sitting at the bar drinking a Bloody Mary.
- savage There are still some savage tribes on that island.
- murderous Tom gave Mary a murderous look and left the room.
By length
- 4 letters
- grim1, gory2
- 5 letters
- cruel2
- 6 letters
- bloody2, brutal2, savage2
- 7 letters
- inhuman3, brutish2
- 8 letters
- ruthless2, sadistic3, pitiless3, diabolic
- 9 letters
- murderous3, barbarian4, ferocious3, homicidal4, barbarous3, truculent3
- 10 letters
- diabolical5, sanguinary, bloodlusty
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gory2 = 2 syllables).