bloodhungry

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From blood +‎ hungry.

Adjective[edit]

bloodhungry (comparative more bloodhungry, superlative most bloodhungry)

  1. Eager to kill or shed blood.
    • 1988 October 7, Achy Obejas, “Calendar”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      Duane Jones, who played the last survivor in George Romero's classic Night of the Living Dead, is the bloodhungry lead of Ganja and Hess, a dark and smoky 1973 classic of black horror cinema directed by Pill Gunn.
    • 2006, Kelly Ethan, The Beast Within[2], →ISBN, page 5:
      They were one bloodhungry entity.
    • 2011, Morgan Hill, The Last Bullet[3], →ISBN:
      Bloodhungry, hostile Cheyennes tracked them like wild beasts.

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