bloodlust en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈblʌdˌlʌst/ (UK, US)
Etymology
From blood + lust.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A desire for bloodshed and carnage, often aroused in the heat of battle and leading to uncontrolled slaughter and torture.
Yet the blood lust was on me now. I found myself on my feet emptying one magazine, then the other, clicking open the breech to re-load, snapping it to again, while cheering and yelling with pure ferocity and joy of slaughter as I did so.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bloodlusts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
barbarism · ferocity · savagery · bloodthirst
Translations (23)
fr soif de sang (the desire for bloodshed) · cs krvelačnost (the desire for bloodshed) · sv blodtörst (the desire for bloodshed) · ru жа́жда крови (the desire for bloodshed) · es polidipsia hemática (the desire for bloodshed) · grc χάρμη (the desire for bloodshed) · pl żądza krwi (the desire for bloodshed) · es deseo sanguino (the desire for bloodshed) · ro sete de sânge (the desire for bloodshed) · es apetito sanguinario (the desire for bloodshed) · sh крвожеђ (the desire for bloodshed) · pt sede de sangue (the desire for bloodshed) · de Blutrausch (the desire for bloodshed) · nl bloedlust (the desire for bloodshed) · vo saseniäl (the desire for bloodshed) · es sed de sangre (the desire for bloodshed) · da blodtørst (the desire for bloodshed) · fi verenhimo (the desire for bloodshed) · it sete di sangue (the desire for bloodshed) · es acucia sanguinolenta (the desire for bloodshed) · bg кръвожадност (the desire for bloodshed) · ru кровожа́дность (the desire for bloodshed) · es lujuria sanguínea (the desire for bloodshed)