a. | 1. | Eager to shed blood; cruel; sanguinary; murderous; having a bloodlust. |
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 Synonyms: bloody-minded, sanguinary |