Bloodlust
noun
A strong desire to kill or see violence.
He led the army into battle with a shocking bloodlust.
Often appears as...
- driven by bloodlust
- shocking bloodlust
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A strong desire to kill or see violence.
He led the army into battle with a shocking bloodlust.
Often appears as...
- driven by bloodlust
- shocking bloodlust
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
Bloodlust has negative, dark emotional connotations, suggesting a deep, overpowering desire for violence.
The villain's eyes gleamed with bloodlust.
Pro Tip 2/3Colloquial Usage
Bloodlust is informal and best used in casual or dramatic narratives, not in formal contexts.
The horror movie portrayed the creature's bloodlust terrifyingly.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Speech
While bloodlust can refer to actual violence, it's often used figuratively to express a zeal for competition.
Fans accused the aggressive player of playing with bloodlust.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
Bloodlust has negative, dark emotional connotations, suggesting a deep, overpowering desire for violence.
The villain's eyes gleamed with bloodlust.
Pro Tip 2/3Colloquial Usage
Bloodlust is informal and best used in casual or dramatic narratives, not in formal contexts.
The horror movie portrayed the creature's bloodlust terrifyingly.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Speech
While bloodlust can refer to actual violence, it's often used figuratively to express a zeal for competition.
Fans accused the aggressive player of playing with bloodlust.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Emotion
Bloodlust has negative, dark emotional connotations, suggesting a deep, overpowering desire for violence.
The villain's eyes gleamed with bloodlust.
Pro Tip 2/3Colloquial Usage
Bloodlust is informal and best used in casual or dramatic narratives, not in formal contexts.
The horror movie portrayed the creature's bloodlust terrifyingly.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Speech
While bloodlust can refer to actual violence, it's often used figuratively to express a zeal for competition.
Fans accused the aggressive player of playing with bloodlust.
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Video examples
The scientific origins...
a horrific beast stalks the endless corridors of its prison, enraged with a bloodlust so intense that its deafening roar shakes the Earth. It is easy to see why the Minotaur myth has a long history of being disregarded as pure fiction. However, there's a good chance that the Minotaur
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Chimps Set Up an Ambush...
And if we are appalled by that mob-violence bloodlust, we might also see in that too, perhaps, the origins of the teamwork
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The scientific origins...
a horrific beast stalks the endless corridors of its prison, enraged with a bloodlust so intense that its deafening roar shakes the Earth. It is easy to see why the Minotaur myth has a long history of being disregarded as pure fiction. However, there's a good chance that the Minotaur
Video examples
Chimps Set Up an Ambush...
And if we are appalled by that mob-violence bloodlust, we might also see in that too, perhaps, the origins of the teamwork
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Debra Granik
American Director
For documentaries, I think streaming plays an amazing role, but it's a problem when the one service you initially relied on to have an incredible buffet - 'Come and see a lot of world cinema, and the lives of ordinary people as well' - all of a sudden is narrowed down until it's just gladiator after gladiator - and bloodlust.
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Meryl Streep
American Actress
The aggregate of everybody's emotion, it's such a powerful thing. You can see it in the Trump rallies, where people - I just know, in their living rooms, would be better people - are driven to the worst possibilities by the bloodlust in a crowd. It just gets ginned up, and they're outside of themselves.
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Nancy Gibbs
American Journalist
Twenty-first century war adds new risks: more and more often there are no front lines, no central command, no rules of engagement - only a chaotic collision of politics, power, faith and bloodlust. Victims are as likely to be civilians as soldiers.
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Tracy Letts
American Playwright
Killer Joe' provides a lot of red meat for the theater. Pam MacKinnon is the perfect director to shepherd a group of actors who share a certain bloodlust.
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Fergus Henderson
English Chef
Nose-to-tail eating is not a bloodlust, testosterone-fueled offal hunt. It's common sense, and it's all good stuff.
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Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
We can make fun of hockey fans, but someone who enjoys Homer is indulging the same kind of vicarious bloodlust.
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Jane Smiley
American Writer
Ignorance and bloodlust have a long tradition in the United States, especially in the red states.
Quote examples
Debra Granik
American Director
For documentaries, I think streaming plays an amazing role, but it's a problem when the one service you initially relied on to have an incredible buffet - 'Come and see a lot of world cinema, and the lives of ordinary people as well' - all of a sudden is narrowed down until it's just gladiator after gladiator - and bloodlust.
Quote examples
Meryl Streep
American Actress
The aggregate of everybody's emotion, it's such a powerful thing. You can see it in the Trump rallies, where people - I just know, in their living rooms, would be better people - are driven to the worst possibilities by the bloodlust in a crowd. It just gets ginned up, and they're outside of themselves.
Quote examples
Nancy Gibbs
American Journalist
Twenty-first century war adds new risks: more and more often there are no front lines, no central command, no rules of engagement - only a chaotic collision of politics, power, faith and bloodlust. Victims are as likely to be civilians as soldiers.
Quote examples
Tracy Letts
American Playwright
Killer Joe' provides a lot of red meat for the theater. Pam MacKinnon is the perfect director to shepherd a group of actors who share a certain bloodlust.
Quote examples
Fergus Henderson
English Chef
Nose-to-tail eating is not a bloodlust, testosterone-fueled offal hunt. It's common sense, and it's all good stuff.
Quote examples
Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
We can make fun of hockey fans, but someone who enjoys Homer is indulging the same kind of vicarious bloodlust.
Quote examples
Jane Smiley
American Writer
Ignorance and bloodlust have a long tradition in the United States, especially in the red states.
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