bloodhungry

English

Etymology

From blood +‎ hungry.

Adjective

bloodhungry (comparative more bloodhungry, superlative most bloodhungry)

1. Eager to kill or shed blood.
   • 1988 October 7, Achy Obejas, “Calendar”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     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^[2], →ISBN, page 5:

     They were one bloodhungry entity.

   • 2011, Morgan Hill, The Last Bullet‎^[3], →ISBN:

     Bloodhungry, hostile Cheyennes tracked them like wild beasts.

See also

• bloodthirsty