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bloodlust
[ bluhd-luhst ]
noun
- eagerness to engage in violence or bloodshed:
During the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, the bloodlust of the mob raged unabated till it achieved a complete upheaval of French society.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bloodlust1
Example Sentences
"I think he was just in a bloodlust for any taxi driver who had given him a hard time," Terry says.
Both Vigil and Tree, despite their differing perspectives, agreed there was a racist element to the bloodlust.
With the psychological deftness of a cult leader, Trump is able to infiltrate the shadowed corners of America’s consciousness, casting a sinister silhouette that bends reality into a fevered hallucination of chaos and bloodlust.
We’ve wanted this battle since Season 1, so we can’t blame Condal for reminding us that sometimes our fantasy bloodlust claims those who least deserve it along with the ones who have it coming.
Pinochet’s own supernatural bloodlust isn’t what it used to be, and immortality itself has lost its appeal: “Why would I want to keep on living,” he asks, “in a country where people hate me?”
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