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bloodthirsty
English
Etymology
From blood +? thirsty. Cognate with West Frisian bloeddorstich (“bloodthirsty”), Dutch bloeddorstig (“bloodthirsty”), German blutdürstig (“bloodthirsty”), Danish blodtørstig (“bloodthirsty”), Swedish blodtörstig (“bloodthristy”), Norwegian blodtørstig (“bloodthirsty”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?bl?d???sti/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?bl?d???sti/
- Hyphenation: blood?thirsty, blood?thirs?ty
Adjective
bloodthirsty (comparative bloodthirstier or more bloodthirsty, superlative bloodthirstiest or most bloodthirsty)
- Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed; murderous.
- Synonyms: bloodlusty, homicidal, (archaic) murtherous, murderous
- Antonym: unbloodthirsty
- Of a book, film, etc.: depicting much violence; gory, violent.
- (humorous) Of a mosquito, tenaciously seeking to draw blood.
Alternative forms
- blood-thirsty
- bloudthirsty, bloud-thirsty (obsolete)
Derived terms
Translations
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tigerish
English
Alternative forms
- tigrish
Etymology
From Middle English *tigrish, *tygrisch, from Old English tigrisc (“of a tiger; tigerish”), equivalent to tiger +? -ish.
Adjective
tigerish (comparative more tigerish, superlative most tigerish)
- Having the characteristics of a tiger
Synonyms
- tigerlike
Translations
Anagrams
- righties
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