bloodlust
UK/ˈblʌdˌlʌst/
bloodlust noun: a desire for bloodshed and carnage, often aroused in the heat of battle and leading to uncontrolled slaughter and torture.
Noun
bloodlust (countable and uncountable, plural bloodlusts)
- 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.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- ferocity, savagery, barbarism, bloodthirst
bloodlust meaning in Urdu
bloodlust in Urdu
- خون کی پیاس
Synonyms of bloodlust
Forms of bloodlust
| plural | bloodlusts |
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Origin of bloodlust
From blood + lust.
Words formed from bloodlust
Questions about bloodlust
- What does bloodlust mean?
- Bloodlust means a desire for bloodshed and carnage, often aroused in the heat of battle and leading to uncontrolled slaughter and torture.
- What is bloodlust in Urdu?
- Bloodlust in Urdu is خون کی پیاس. See Bloodlust meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is bloodlust?
- Bloodlust is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bloodlust?
- Bloodlust is pronounced /ˈblʌdˌlʌst/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bloodlust?
- The plural of bloodlust is bloodlusts.
Words near bloodlust in the dictionary
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