Adjective : to capture a bloodthirsty criminal. ,the bloodthirsty urgings of the fight fans. From Dictionary.com.
He wanted her to call his bloodthirstiness bravery and his cruelty devotion. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the West [Annotated]] Reference
To free these tribes from their bloodthirstiness was the greatest kindness, and to coerce and restrain them was a true mercy. From Wordnik.com. [Some Answered Questions] Reference
They seemed rather to be enjoying themselves, displaying a kind of bloodthirstiness which I had not as yet witnessed. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
Your genes are our genes, your bloodthirstiness ours. From Wordnik.com. [Conyers Tells Rob Kall: Impeachment Not Off the Table; A You Tube Video] Reference
Seeing their bloodthirstiness and indiscriminate attacks. From Wordnik.com. [Odyssey]
What I dislike is the unnecessary glorification of bloodthirstiness. From Wordnik.com. [A Letter of Mary]
He merely requires seasoning, to reduce his natural bloodthirstiness. From Wordnik.com. [Roc and a Hard Place]
The kitten's voice reflected the natural bloodthirstiness of the young. From Wordnik.com. [First Warning]
Aggression and bloodthirstiness are now, post-9/11, officially “in.”. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: Principia Wingnuttia] Reference
Such bloodthirstiness in so attractive a woman was no surprise to Flinx. From Wordnik.com. [For Love of Mother-Not]
'That's why I'm here, sir,' Sharpe said with a suitable bloodthirstiness. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Tiger]
She hastened to redeem herself from any possible charge of bloodthirstiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Trumpeter Swan] Reference
Your bloodthirstiness wouldn't have taken you that far, under these circumstances. From Wordnik.com. [First Lensman]
Everything is angular and black or red, lit to indicate gloom or bloodthirstiness. From Wordnik.com. [A Harsh World Rendered Visually and Viscerally] Reference
He presents their theological recipe having a few too tablespoons of bloodthirstiness. From Wordnik.com. [Best read of 2007?] Reference
The most cruel tyrants have hidden their bloodthirstiness under a mask of benevolence. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843] Reference
You seem to have adopted the bloodthirstiness of the most radical Islamo-wack….such a shame…. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » POLL: Active Duty U.S. Soldiers Disapprove Of Bush Handling Of War, Do Not Support Escalation] Reference
Imagine the battles scaled down, the bloodthirstiness ramped up, and the quests made kind of pointless. From Wordnik.com. [Stuff that Makes Tolkien Look Like a Radical Progressive] Reference
They did so with a matter-of-fact bloodthirstiness that chilled Jon-Tom despite the surrounding hot water. From Wordnik.com. [The Moment Of The Magician]
What if they're not actually advocating genocide, or bigotry, or general bloodthirstiness for its own sake?. From Wordnik.com. [OT: Everybody Is Kung-Fu Fighting] Reference
The bloodthirstiness of the Spanish is "insaciable" (58), and the implied cannibalism and/or vampirism of the. From Wordnik.com. [London-Kingston-Caracas: The Transatlantic] Reference
The news media had celebrated the incident as an example of the South Vietnamese government's bloodthirstiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Bear and the Dragon]
The restoration of Imperial authority was followed, however, by terrible scenes of official cruelty and bloodthirstiness. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years in South China The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D.] Reference
On the whole, Vanyel's younger brothers seemed to welcome the prospect of "a little excitement" with cheerful bloodthirstiness. From Wordnik.com. [Magic's Promise]
Frankly, I haven't seen much belicose bloodthirstiness in these responses; you seem to be looking for and finding what you expect. From Wordnik.com. [Pirates defeated.] Reference
Then, with a bloodthirstiness we like to dismiss as an artifact of the past, the Jews are given permission to slaughter their enemies. From Wordnik.com. [Beauty Queen Saves the Jews] Reference
Sam had winced a little; it was one thing to hear about the bloodthirstiness of the Sidhe in a tale, and another to feel it so close to home. From Wordnik.com. [Born To Run]
I retorted, and being now incensed at his bloodthirstiness, after. From Wordnik.com. [Athelstane Ford] Reference
"You're pirates now," Hoddan told him with a sort of genial bloodthirstiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Pirates of Ersatz] Reference
Each has its own version of the mythology: Fangs are optional, bloodthirstiness varies. From Wordnik.com. [Aspen Times - Top Stories] Reference
Kimberley the same bloodthirstiness that had distinguished the more thoughtless section of the public at home. From Wordnik.com. [The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900] Reference
What the foolish world shrinks at as bloodthirstiness and cruelty is very often mere force and constancy of intellect. From Wordnik.com. [The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English] Reference
Here he clearly holds it good that he cannot be cruel to an animal, and that he looks upon bloodthirstiness as a contrast. From Wordnik.com. [The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour] Reference
In the matter of cruelty, treachery, and bloodthirstiness, these islanders were neither better nor worse than most peoples of antiquity. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution of Theology: an Anthropological Study] Reference
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