Bloodhungry

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Eager to kill or shed blood.

    "Duane Jones, who played the last survivor in George Romero's classic Night of the Living Dead, is the bloodhungry lead of Ganja and Hess, a dark and smoky 1973 classic of black horror cinema directed by Pill Gunn."

Example

More examples

"Duane Jones, who played the last survivor in George Romero's classic Night of the Living Dead, is the bloodhungry lead of Ganja and Hess, a dark and smoky 1973 classic of black horror cinema directed by Pill Gunn."

Etymology

From blood + hungry.

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