bloodlust

See also: blood lust

English

Etymology

From blood +‎ lust.

Pronunciation
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈblʌdˌlʌst/

Noun

bloodlust (countable and uncountable, plural bloodlusts)

  1. A desire for bloodshed and carnage, often aroused in the heat of battle and leading to uncontrolled slaughter and torture.
    • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
      Yet the blood lust was on me now. I found myself on my feet emptying one magazine, then the other, clicking open the breech to re-load, snapping it to again, while cheering and yelling with pure ferocity and joy of slaughter as I did so.

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