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bloodthirstiness

Meaning of "bloodthirstiness" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF BLOODTHIRSTINESS

ˈblʌdˌθɜːstɪnɪs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLOODTHIRSTINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bloodthirstiness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BLOODTHIRSTINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bloodthirstiness in the English dictionary

The definition of bloodthirstiness in the dictionary is the quality of enjoying violence. Other definition of bloodthirstiness is the portrayal of violence in graphic terms.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLOODTHIRSTINESS

craftiness · dirtiness · hastiness · haughtiness · heartiness · lustiness · mightiness · mistiness · mustiness · nastiness · overhastiness · pettiness · rustiness · sportiness · tastiness · testiness · thirstiness · trustiness · untrustiness · yeastiness

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLOODTHIRSTINESS

bloodstain · bloodstained · bloodstock · bloodstock industry · bloodstone · bloodstream · bloodsucker · bloodthirstier · bloodthirstiest · bloodthirstily · bloodthirsty · bloodwood · bloodworm · bloodwort · bloody · Bloody Caesar · Bloody Mary · bloody-minded · bloody-mindedly · bloody-mindedness

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLOODTHIRSTINESS

agribusiness · big business · bulkiness · business · cleanliness · cleanliness is next to godliness · comeliness · dizziness · do the business · e-business · emptiness · family business · fitness · friendliness · happiness · holiness · laziness · loneliness · loveliness · readiness · timeliness

Synonyms and antonyms of bloodthirstiness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bloodthirstiness» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF BLOODTHIRSTINESS

Find out the translation of bloodthirstiness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of bloodthirstiness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bloodthirstiness» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

嗜血
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

sed de sangre
570 millions of speakers
en

English

bloodthirstiness
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

bloodthirstiness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دموية
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

кровожадность
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

bloodthirstiness
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

bloodthirstiness
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

soif de sang
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Keinginan darah
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Blutdurst
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

残虐さ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

bloodthirstiness
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Bloodthirstiness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khát máu
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

இரத்தவெறி
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

रक्तपात
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

kana susamışlık
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

sete di sangue
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

krwiożerczość
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

кровожерливість
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

setea de sânge
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bloodthirstiness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bloeddorstigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blodtörst
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blodtørst
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bloodthirstiness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLOODTHIRSTINESS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of bloodthirstiness
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bloodthirstiness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLOODTHIRSTINESS»

Discover the use of bloodthirstiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bloodthirstiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Notes Explanatory and Practical on the Book of Revelation
It is distinguished for bloodthirstiness and cruelty, and thus becomes an emblem of a fierce, tyrannical power. In its general character it resembles a lion, and the lion and the leopard are often referred to together. In this description, it is ...
Albert Barnes, 1853
2
Transnational American Memories
Ambiguities. of. Bloodthirstiness. By 1876 Wisconsin had become the land of European Americans, a majority of whom were German and Scandinavian. Betty Bergland gives a survey of how tribes in Wisconsin responded to the government's ...
Udo Hebel, 2009
3
Abandoned to Lust: Sexual Slander and Ancient Christianity
16.2, 17.1, 19.9–22.11, 46.1–47.1, 110.5, 131.2–134.1, 151.4);41 he accuses gentiles of prostitution, incest, demon worship, bloodthirstiness, and human sacrifice (1 Apol. 9, 21, 25, 54, 64; 2 Apol. 5, 12; Dial. 30.1, 34.7); he associates heretics ...
Jennifer Wright Knust, 2013
4
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Those of hatred, malice, revenge, bloodthirstiness. She calls " to arms " as Satan may have summoned the accursed angels. She is not for a moment the inspired guardian angel of a suffering country, heaven-sent to avenge its wrongs : she is ...
5
Utopians and Nihilists
Just the way the rest of the world thinks of them as uncivilizable, just the way the world equates their culture with savage vindictiveness and bloodthirstiness. They once led the world. Don't forget that -That was then. And I get sick when people ...
Ernest Emaku Envuladu, 2008
6
To Nietzsche: Dionysus, I Love You! Ariadne
"The bloodthirstiness of the maenads is the bloodthirstiness of the god himself." We know Dionysus: as the wild spirit of antithesis and paradox, of immediate presence and complete remoteness, of bliss and horror, of infinite vitality and the  ...
Claudia Crawford, 1995
7
The Talisman
Put from thee the sins which are to thee as daughters— though they be dear to the sinful Adam, expel these adopted furies from thy breast—thy pride, thy luxury, thy bloodthirstiness.” “He raves,” said Richard, turning from the solitary to De ...
Sir Walter Scott, 2001
8
Camp and Combat on the Sinai and Palestine Front: The ...
... continued to fight to the end of the war at least partly because they enjoyed the war and the killing.4 Among the men in this present study, though an element of this bloodthirstiness clearly exists, other attitudes seem to counterbalance it.
Edward C. Woodfin, 2012
9
The Divine Art of Living: Selections from the Writings of ...
During these 6,000 years the world of humanity has not been free from war, strife, murder and bloodthirstiness. In every period war has been waged in one country or another and that war was due to either religious prejudice, racial prejudice, ...
Mabel Hyde Paine, 2006
10
Against Extinction: The Story of Conservation
... especially antelope, but including carnivores, elephant, rhinoceros and hippopotamus) was the result of 'reckless shooting' and bloodthirstiness ( shooting of excessive numbers of animals).84 In 1908, an editorial in the Saturday Review had ...
William (Bill) Adams, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLOODTHIRSTINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bloodthirstiness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
When would the curtain close on Ghana's theatre of political jingoism?
... bloodthirstiness, greed, betrayal and disguised corruption have become the norm. Where in other parts of the universe actors can't do without ... «Ghana Business News, Jul 15»
2
The Truth Is Not Enough, Telling It Is: Looking Back At 'The Thin Blue …
At the time of the trial, Adams says in the film, there was a bloodthirstiness on the part of the prosecution. “You have a D.A. — he does not talk ... «Texas Public Radio, Jul 15»
3
Fan of Real Madrid 'no extremist'
Nonetheless, by dint of sheer bloodthirstiness alone, his act of "lone wolf" savagery has guaranteed him a place in history. So who was the ... «Times LIVE, Jun 15»
4
Tunisia gunman Seifeddine Rezgui: 'mixed a devotion for Isil with …
Nonetheless, by dint of sheer bloodthirstiness alone, his act of "lone wolf" savagery has guaranteed him a place in history, as the perpetrator of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
5
Unmasking the Tunisia terrorist
Nonetheless, by dint of sheer bloodthirstiness alone, his act of "lone wolf" savagery has guaranteed him a place in history, as the perpetrator of ... «New Zealand Herald, Jun 15»
6
“Shashin! Japanese Photography Then/Now” at Sotheby's HK
I cannot forget Araki's energy — or should I say “bloodthirstiness” — during the shoot. On one occasion, he climbed over a fence, and another ... «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Jun 15»
7
150 YEARS AGO: Cooper County refugee sees hope for family …
“It is in no spirit of bloodthirstiness, or revenge that we heartily endorse these resolutions; we desire simply to secure quiet to the state,” the ... «Columbia Daily Tribune, Jun 15»
8
What is the right path
... lovelessness, misogyny and bloodthirstiness we also see present in such a distorted understanding of the faith, should be the main targets of ... «Jakarta Post, Jun 15»
9
Yemeni al Qaeda chief killed in US bombing
... its rival's bloodthirstiness, taking an approach that in jihadi circles would be considered pragmatic. Photo: Associated Press/Hani Mohammed ... «KGMI, Jun 15»
10
World's media sinks its teeth into DMU film event
... for “creating the myth of the man-eating machine”, saddling an already endangered species with an unfair reputation for bloodthirstiness. «De Montfort University, Jun 15»
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