bloodlust

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UK, US/ˈblʌdˌlʌst/

noun

A desire for bloodshed and carnage, often aroused in the heat of battle and leading to uncontrolled slaughter and torture.

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ferocitysavagerybarbarismbloodthirst
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Meanings

nounbloodlust (countable and uncountable, plural bloodlusts)

plural bloodlusts

  1. countableuncountableA 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

    Synonyms: ferocity, savagery, barbarism, bloodthirst

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA desire for bloodshed and carnage, often aroused in the heat of battle and leading to uncontrolled slaughter and torture.

Similar
ferocitysavagerybarbarismbloodthirst

Origin

From blood + lust.

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Translations

Ancient Greek χάρμη
  • χάρμη (khármē)the desire for bloodshed
Bulgarian кръвожадност
  • кръвожадност (krăvožadnost)the desire for bloodshed
Czech krvelačnost
  • krvelačnostthe desire for bloodshed
Danish blodtørst
  • blodtørstthe desire for bloodshed
Dutch bloedlust
  • bloedlustthe desire for bloodshed
Finnish verenhimo
  • verenhimothe desire for bloodshed
French soif de sang
  • soif de sangthe desire for bloodshed
German Blutrausch
  • Blutrauschthe desire for bloodshed
Italian sete di sangue
  • sete di sanguethe desire for bloodshed
Polish żądza krwi
  • żądza krwithe desire for bloodshed
Portuguese sede de sangue
  • sede de sanguethe desire for bloodshed
Romanian sete de sânge
  • sete de sângethe desire for bloodshed
Russian кровожа́дность, жа́жда крови
  • кровожа́дность (krovožádnostʹ)the desire for bloodshed
  • жа́жда крови (žážda krovi)the desire for bloodshed
Spanish sed de sangre, lujuria sanguínea
  • sed de sangrethe desire for bloodshed
  • lujuria sanguíneathe desire for bloodshed
  • polidipsia hemáticathe desire for bloodshed
  • deseo sanguinothe desire for bloodshed
  • apetito sanguinariothe desire for bloodshed
  • acucia sanguinolentathe desire for bloodshed
Swedish blodtörst
  • blodtörstthe desire for bloodshed
Cite this entry
APA

bloodlust. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bloodlust

MLA

“bloodlust.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bloodlust. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bloodlust,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bloodlust.

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