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Definition of Bloodlust
1. Noun. A desire for bloodshed.
Definition of Bloodlust
1. Noun. A desire for extreme violence and carnage, often aroused in the heat of battle and leading to uncontrolled slaughter and torture. ¹
2. Noun. The desire for bloodshed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bloodlust
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bloodlust
Literary usage of Bloodlust
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1882)
"All history shows this, from the Asiatic or Roman annals of autocratic bloodlust
to the lessons of the French Revolution in the last century or the Russian ..."
2. Campfires on Desert and Lava by William Temple Hornaday (1908)
""For downright fiendishness and bloodlust, Charlie's face eclipsed anything I
had ever seen. ..."
3. The German Empire Between Two Wars: A Study of the Political and Social by Robert Herndon Fife (1916)
"One forgets also that for centuries Germany was a battle ground for the selfishness
and bloodlust of Frenchmen, Dutchmen, Swedes, Spaniards and the Slavic ..."
4. The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History by David M. Damkaer (2002)
"Buffon, dying in 1788, was spared the bloodlust of the Revolution and the execution
of his aristocratic son. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck i August 1744-18 December ..."
5. Socialism by Edwin Clyde Robbins (1915)
"... of preaching "bullets, not ballots"; accused of favoring a bloody revolution
and of intending to plant the "red flag of bloodlust" upon the city hall. ..."
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