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Date "BLOOD-THIRSTY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1592. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Blood-thirsty Eager for shedding blood. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: BLOOD-THIRSTY |
| Specialty definitions using "BLOOD-THIRSTY": DOMMERER. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | The brutal bungalow of the Blinking Buzzards, a bold bad bunch of blood-thirsty bandits who would break into a bank, blow a battleship to bits or beat up a blue eyed baby blonde. (The 'High Sign'; writing credit: Edward F. Cline; Buster Keaton) | |
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| "BLOOD-THIRSTY" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BLOOD-THIRSTY" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "BLOOD-THIRSTY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | кровожадный (bloodthirsty, bloody minded, bloody-minded, butcherly, cannibalish, sanguinary, slaughterous). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 29, Verse 10 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Viri sanguinum oderunt simplicem iusti quaerunt animam eius |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Men of blodis hateden the simple; riytwis men forsothe sechen the soule of hym. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The blood-thirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Men of blood are haters of the good man, and evil-doers go after his soul. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 29, Verse 10 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang ginauhaw sa dugo nagadumot kaniya nga maoy matarung; Ug alang sa matul-id, sila magapangita sa iyang kinabuhi. |
| Chinese | 好 流 人 血 的 、 恨 惡 完 全 人 、 索 取 正 直 人 的 性 命 。 |
| Croatian | Krvopije mrze poštenoga, a pravednici mu se za život brinu. |
| Danish | De blodtørstige hader lydefri Mand, de retsindige tager sig af ham. |
| Dutch | Bloedgierige lieden haten den vrome; maar de oprechten zoeken zijn ziel. |
| Finnish | Murhamiehet vihaavat nuhteetonta, oikeamielisten henkeä he väijyvät. |
| French | Les hommes de sang haïssent l`homme intègre, Mais les hommes droits protègent sa vie. |
| German | Die Blutgierigen hassen den Frommen; aber die Gerechten suchen sein Heil. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Depi yon moun serye, ansasen pa vle wè li. Men, moun ki mache dwat yo ap pwoteje l'. |
| Hungarian | A vérszomjasak gyûlölik a tökéletes embert; az igazak pedig oltalmazzák annak életét. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang yang tulus hati dibenci oleh orang yang haus darah, tapi dilindungi oleh orang yang baik. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Orang makan darah itu benci akan orang-orang saleh, tetapi orang yang benar itu menuntut belanya. |
| Italian | Gli uomini sanguinari odiano l'onesto, mentre i giusti hanno cura di lui. |
| Maori | ¶ E mauahara ana te tangata whakaheke toto ki te tangata i te ngakau tapatahi: tena ko te hunga tika, ka whai ratou kia whakaorangia ia. |
| Norwegian | De blodtørstige hater den ustraffelige, men de rettsindige søker å redde hans liv. |
| Portuguese | Os homens sanguinários odeiam o íntegro; mas os retos procuram o seu bem. |
| Rumanian | Oamenii setowi de sknge urqsc pe omul fqrq prihanq, dar oamenii fqrq prihanq ki ocrotesc viaya. - |
| Russian | лТПЧПЦБ"ОЩЕ МА"Й ОЕОБЧЙ"СФ ОЕ ПТПЮОПЗП, Б ТБЧЕ"ОЩЕ ЪБ'ПФСФУС П ЕЗП ЦЙЪОЙ. |
| Spanish | Los hombres sanguinarios aborrecen al íntegro, pero los rectos buscan su bien. |
| Swedish | De blodgiriga hata den som är ostrafflig, men de redliga söka skydda hans liv. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: bloodthirsty. | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-h-i-l-o-o-r-s-t-t-y" | |
-3 letters: boorishly. | |
-4 letters: birdshot, botryoid, botrytis, broodily, hydrosol, otoliths, ridottos, sorbitol, thyroids, thyrsoid, toothily, torosity. | |
-5 letters: bistort, boorish, bristly, bristol, brittly, dhootis, diobols, disroot, distort, doltish, dottily, drylots, history, horsily, hotrods, hybrids, ooliths, otolith, ridotto, risotto, shortly, soothly, sootily, strobil, styloid, thirdly, thirsty, thistly, thyroid, toroids, trotyls. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-h-i-l-o-o-r-s-t-t-y" | |
+2 letters: bloodthirstily. | |
+3 letters: labyrinthodonts. | |
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