bloodthirsty: Meaning and Definition of

blood•thirst•y

Pronunciation: (blud'thûr"stē), [key]
— adj.
  1. eager to shed blood; murderous: to capture a bloodthirsty criminal.
  2. enjoying or encouraging bloodshed or violence, esp. as a spectator or clamorous partisan: the bloodthirsty urgings of the fight fans.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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