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bloodthirstiness

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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bloodthirstiness - a disposition to shed blood
bloodiness
disposition, temperament - your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"
Translations
bloodthirstiness [ˈblʌdˌθɜːstɪnɪs] N [of person, animal] → sed f de sangre, carácter m sanguinario; [of film, book] → lo sangriento


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You yourself know that I am not addicted to bloodthirstiness, and therefore that I cannot really be guilty of the fault in question, seeing that neither my mind nor my heart have participated in it.
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
Thomson, who quite unconsciously had drawn a revolver from his pocket, shot him through the heart, watched him jump up and fall, a senseless, shapeless heap upon the bottom of the steps, and, with a queer instinct of bloodthirstiness, ran down the line of the wrecked Zeppelin, seeking for more victims.
The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
His career was cut short in tragically ironical fashion at the age of thirty by the plots of his enemies and the dying bloodthirstiness of King Henry, which together led to his execution on a trumped-up charge of treason.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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