"bloodthirsty" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈblʌdθəːsti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈblʌdˌθɚsti/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-bloodthirsty.ogg [Mid-Atlantic], En-au-bloodthirsty.ogg [Australia] Forms: bloodthirstier [comparative], more bloodthirsty [comparative], bloodthirstiest [superlative], most bloodthirsty [superlative]
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”). Etymology templates: {{com|en|blood|thirsty}} blood + thirsty, {{cog|fy|bloeddorstich|t=bloodthirsty}} West Frisian bloeddorstich (“bloodthirsty”), {{cog|nl|bloeddorstig|t=bloodthirsty}} Dutch bloeddorstig (“bloodthirsty”), {{cog|de|blutdürstig|t=bloodthirsty}} German blutdürstig (“bloodthirsty”), {{cog|da|blodtørstig|t=bloodthirsty}} Danish blodtørstig (“bloodthirsty”), {{cog|sv|blodtörstig|t=bloodthristy}} Swedish blodtörstig (“bloodthristy”), {{cog|no|blodtørstig|t=bloodthirsty}} Norwegian blodtørstig (“bloodthirsty”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} bloodthirsty (comparative bloodthirstier or more bloodthirsty, superlative bloodthirstiest or most bloodthirsty)
  1. Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed; murderous. Categories (topical): Emotions, Murder Synonyms: bloodlusty, homicidal, murtherous [archaic], murderous Translations (thirsty for blood): αἱμοβόρος (haimobóros) (Ancient Greek), αἱμόδιψος (haimódipsos) (Ancient Greek), արնախում (arnaxum) (Armenian), արյունարբու (aryunarbu) (Armenian), крыважэ́рны (kryvažérny) (Belarusian), кръвожа́ден (krǎvožáden) (Bulgarian), sanguinari (Catalan), 嗜血 (shìxuè, shìxuě, shìxiě) (Chinese Mandarin), krvelačný (Czech), krvežíznivý (Czech), blodtørstig (Danish), bloeddorstig (Dutch), bloeddorstige (Dutch), murdema (Esperanto), sangavida (Esperanto), sangosoifanta (Esperanto), verenhimoinen (Finnish), sanguinaire (French), sanguinario [masculine] (Galician), blutrünstig (German), blutdürstig (German), αιμοσταγής (aimostagís) (Greek), લોહીતરસ્યું (lohītrasyũ) (Gujarati), vérszomjas (Hungarian), morðóður (Icelandic), blóðþyrstur (Icelandic), sango-durstanta (Ido), sango-amanta (Ido), kruela (Ido), haus darah (Indonesian), fuilteach (Irish), sanguinario (Italian), 血に飢える (chi ni ueru) (alt: ちにうえる) (Japanese), қанқұмар (qanqūmar) (Kazakh), sanguināns [feminine, masculine, neuter] (Latin), sanguineus (Latin), cruentus (Latin), крво́жеден (krvóžeden) (Macedonian), крво́лочен (krvóločen) (Macedonian), blodtørstig (Norwegian Bokmål), blodtørstig (Norwegian Nynorsk), blōdiġ (Old English), blōdrēow (Old English), krwiożerczy (Polish), żądny krwi (Polish), encarniçado [masculine] (Portuguese), encarniçada [feminine] (Portuguese), sanguinário [masculine] (Portuguese), sanguinária [feminine] (Portuguese), sanguinolento [masculine] (Portuguese), sanguinolenta [feminine] (Portuguese), свире́пый (svirépyj) (Russian), кровожа́дный (krovožádnyj) (Russian), кр̏волочан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), крвожедан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), krvoločan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), krvožedan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), krvilačný (Slovak), krvoločen (Slovene), sanguinario (Spanish), blodtörstig (Swedish), hunhar (Turkish), kana susamış (Turkish), кровоже́рливий (krovožérlyvyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-bloodthirsty-en-adj-NBK1S4Wa Disambiguation of Emotions: 44 32 24 Disambiguation of Murder: 54 36 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Old English links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 28 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 43 27 30 Disambiguation of Old English links with redundant target parameters: 31 32 36 Disambiguation of 'thirsty for blood': 88 1 11
  2. Of a book, film, etc.: depicting much violence; gory, violent.
    Sense id: en-bloodthirsty-en-adj-PoCS0Mix Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Old English links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 28 34 Disambiguation of Old English links with redundant target parameters: 31 32 36
  3. (humorous) Of a mosquito, tenaciously seeking to draw blood. Tags: humorous
    Sense id: en-bloodthirsty-en-adj-6v4rxLjZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Old English links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 28 34 Disambiguation of Old English links with redundant target parameters: 31 32 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: blood-thirsty, bloudthirsty, bloud-thirsty [obsolete] Derived forms: bloodthirst, bloodthirster, bloodthirstily, bloodthirstiness, bloodthirsting, bloodthirstyness, unbloodthirsty

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          "alt": "ちにうえる",
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          "sense": "thirsty for blood",
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      "word": "krwiożerczy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "thirsty for blood",
      "word": "żądny krwi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "thirsty for blood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "encarniçado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "thirsty for blood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "encarniçada"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "thirsty for blood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sanguinário"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "thirsty for blood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sanguinária"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "thirsty for blood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sanguinolento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "thirsty for blood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sanguinolenta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svirépyj",
      "sense": "thirsty for blood",
      "word": "свире́пый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krovožádnyj",
      "sense": "thirsty for blood",
      "word": "кровожа́дный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "thirsty for blood",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "кр̏волочан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "thirsty for blood",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "крвожедан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "thirsty for blood",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "krvoločan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "thirsty for blood",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "krvožedan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "thirsty for blood",
      "word": "krvilačný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "thirsty for blood",
      "word": "krvoločen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thirsty for blood",
      "word": "sanguinario"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "thirsty for blood",
      "word": "blodtörstig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "thirsty for blood",
      "word": "hunhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "thirsty for blood",
      "word": "kana susamış"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "krovožérlyvyj",
      "sense": "thirsty for blood",
      "word": "кровоже́рливий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bloodthirsty"
}

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