Synonyms of bloodthirsty

bloodthirsty

adjective

ˈbləd-ˌthər-stē 

as in murderous

eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing

the Goths were a wild and bloodthirsty people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murderous
• murdering
• savage
• bloody
• brutal
• ferocious
• violent
• vicious
• homicidal
• fierce
• sanguinary
• ruthless
• cruel
• sanguine
• contentious
• aggressive
• bloody-minded
• sanguineous
• sadistic
• hostile
• merciless
• barbaric
• barbarous
• heartless
• hateful
• antagonistic
• inhumane
• belligerent
• bellicose
• malicious
• pitiless
• pugnacious
• gladiatorial
• combative
• truculent
• quarrelsome
• cold-blooded
• malevolent
• malignant
• assertive
• spiteful
• grim
• gory
• scrappy
• bloodstained
• wanton
• discordant
• malign
• nasty
• fell
• mean
• despiteful

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• peaceful
• peaceable
• conciliatory
• sympathetic
• pacific
• benign
• compassionate
• disarming
• humane
• kind
• propitiatory
• unaggressive
• dovish
• warm
• unassertive
• kindhearted
• appeasing
• merciful
• placatory
• tenderhearted
• benignant
• placating
• benevolent
• amiable
• mollifying
• lenient
• placative
• pacifying
• peacemaking
• good-hearted
• warmhearted
• gentle
• affable
• tender
• amicable
• kindly
• clement
• submissive
• surrendering
• yielding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bloodthirsty

Their loneliness is interrupted when Hester discovers a wounded man named Calhoun (Corin Nemec), a thief whose former gang, led by the bloodthirsty Bear John (Tom Hopper), is hot on his heels. —Robert Daniels, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024

That American mission, to prevent the return of bloodthirsty ISIS, must continue. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024

She was often seen alongside Cheol-su, a cherubic schoolboy with a bowl cut, who, in the disturbing world of the show, is sure to be just as bloodthirsty as his partner. —Radhika Seth, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2024

This sequel to Ridley Scott’s 2000 epic substitutes the brother emperors Caracalla and Geta for the original’s Commodus, modeling them not only on him, but on a host of Rome’s other reputedly bloodthirsty despots like Caligula, Nero, and Domitian. —Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made By History, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024