bloodthirsty

«bloodthirsty» in Mova's school dictionary: eager to kill or hurt people, or enjoying violence — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (bloodthirsty, bloodthirstier, bloodthirstiest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Bloodthirsty means eager to kill or hurt people, or enjoying violence. tree →

2) A bloodthirsty story or film has a lot of killing and violence in it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, pirates, tyrants and monsters are bloodthirsty; the Queen of Hearts in Alice shouts «Off with his head!» all the time and seems bloodthirsty, though nobody is actually executed. In The Wind in the Willows the weasels are feared as bloodthirsty, and the Just So Stories mention fierce, hungry animals.

examples

• The pirates were a bloodthirsty crew. tree →
• The bloodthirsty Queen kept shouting «Off with their heads!» tree →
• Sharks are not as bloodthirsty as films show. tree →
• Grandad told us a bloodthirsty tale of battles. tree →
• The tyrant was bloodthirsty and cruel. tree →
• Some old fairy tales are rather bloodthirsty. tree →
• [48] Echidna was a bloodthirsty monster, half maiden, half serpent. tree →

note

Comparative: bloodthirstier. A myth: animals that hunt are not «bloodthirsty» or wicked — they hunt to eat.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bloodthirsty» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.