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BLOODTHIRSTINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bloodthirstiness mean?
• BLOODTHIRSTINESS (noun)
The noun BLOODTHIRSTINESS has 1 sense:
1. a disposition to shed blood
Familiarity information: BLOODTHIRSTINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disposition to shed blood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
bloodiness; bloodthirstiness
Hypernyms ("bloodthirstiness" is a kind of...):
disposition; temperament (your usual mood)
Derivation:
bloodthirsty (marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed)
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