bloodhungry
English
Etymology
From blood + hungry.
Adjective
bloodhungry (comparative more bloodhungry, superlative most bloodhungry)
- Eager to kill or shed blood.
- 1988 October 7, Achy Obejas, “Calendar”, in Chicago Reader:
- 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, →ISBN, page 5:
- They were one bloodhungry entity.
- 2011, Morgan Hill, The Last Bullet, →ISBN:
- Bloodhungry, hostile Cheyennes tracked them like wild beasts.
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See also
- bloodthirsty