# bloodthirsty

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈblʌdθəːsti/ · frequency rank #34,400

## Definitions
1. Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed; murderous.
2. Of a book, film, etc.: depicting much violence; gory, violent.
3. Of a mosquito, tenaciously seeking to draw blood.

## Etymology
From blood + thirsty. Cognate with West Frisian bloeddorstich (“bloodthirsty”), Dutch bloeddorstig (“bloodthirsty”), German blutdürstig (“bloodthirsty”), Danish blodtørstig (“bloodthirsty”), Swedish blodtörstig (“bloodthristy”), Norwegian blodtørstig (“bloodthirsty”).

## Common misspellings (20)
`bbloodthirsty`, `blloodthirsty`, `blodothirsty`, `blodthirsty`, `blooddthirsty`, `bloodhtirsty`, `bloodthhirsty`, `bloodthirrsty`, `bloodthirssty`, `bloodthirstty`, `bloodthirstyy`, `bloodthirsyt`, `bloodthirtsy`, `bloodthisrty`, `bloodthristy`, `bloodtihrsty`, `bloodtthirsty`, `blootdhirsty`, `bolodthirsty`, `lboodthirsty`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bloodthirsty