bloodlust
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bloodlust
- /ˈblʌdˌlʌst/ UK, US
Where it comes from
From blood + lust.
noun bloodlusts
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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.
Similar: ferocity, savagery, barbarism, bloodthirst
Translations
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noun the desire for bloodshed
| Español | sed de sangre, lujuria sanguínea, polidipsia hemática, deseo sanguino, apetito sanguinario, acucia sanguinolenta |
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| Português | sede de sangue |
| Français | soif de sang |
| Deutsch | Blutrausch |
| Italiano | sete di sangue |
| Română | sete de sânge |
| Русский | кровожа́дность krovožádnostʹ, жа́жда крови žážda krovi |
Talk about this word "bloodlust." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bloodlust. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. bloodlust. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bloodlust "bloodlust." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bloodlust.Cite this
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