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bloodthirsty
(redirected from bloodthirstiest)

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blood·thirst·y  (bldthûrst)
adj.
1. Eager to shed blood.
2. Characterized by great carnage.

bloodthirsti·ly adv.
bloodthirsti·ness n.

bloodthirsty [ˈblʌdˌθɜːstɪ]
adj -thirstier, -thirstiest
1. murderous; cruel
2. taking pleasure in bloodshed or violence
3. describing or depicting killing and violence; gruesome a bloodthirsty film
bloodthirstily  adv
bloodthirstiness  n
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Adj.1.bloodthirsty - marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed; "bloody-minded tyrants"; "bloodthirsty yells"; "went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood"-G.W.Johnson
bloody - having or covered with or accompanied by blood; "a bloody nose"; "your scarf is all bloody"; "the effects will be violent and probably bloody"; "a bloody fight"

bloodthirsty
Translations
bloodthirsty [ˈblʌdθɜːstɪ] ADJ (bloodthirstier (compar) (bloodthirstiest (superl))) (= brutal) → sanguinario; (= gory) [film, book] → sangriento
bloodthirsty [ˈblʌdθɜːrstɪ] adjsanguinaire
blood transfusion ntransfusion f sanguine
blood type ngroupe m sanguin
blood vessel nvaisseau m sanguin
bloodthirsty [ˈblʌdˌθɜːstɪ] adjsanguinario/a, assetato/a di sangue


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