bloodthirsty

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bloodthirsty englannista suomeksi

1. verenhimoinen

1. verenhimoinen

bloodthirsty englanniksi

1. Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed; murderous.

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2. (RQ:Otway Venice Preserv'd)

3. (RQ:Spectator) Siculus|Diodorus also relates of (w), predecessor to (w), that his nurse used to moisten the nipples of her breast frequently with blood to make Caligula take the better hold of them; which, says Diodorus, was the cause that made him so blood-thirsty and cruel all his life-time after, that he not only committed frequent murder by his own hand, but likewise wished that all human kind wore but one neck that he might have the pleasure to cut it off.

4. (RQ:Dickens Christmas Carol)

5. (quote-journal)|title=Bloodhounds|magazine=Our Boys and Girls: Oliver Optic’s Magazine|location=Boston, Mass.|publisher=& Shepard|Lee and Shepard, publishers;(nb...)|date=12 March 1870|volume=VII|issue=167|page=169|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=vEYAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA169|column=2|oclc=7388757|passage=The genuine "bloodhound" is not, naturally, the cruel, bloodthirsty animal he is generally supposed to be; nor is he the only dog that will hunt men. Like all pure hounds, he is mild, loving, and kind, and will hunt any game for which he is trained; (..)

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7. Of a book, film, etc.: depicting much violence; gory, violent.

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9. Of a mosquito, tenaciously seeking to draw blood.

10. (RQ:Haggard She)