Eagerness for bloodshed; murderousness.

Thirst for blood, eagerness for bloodshed.

The practice of eating the flesh of one's own kind.

Inclination to bloodshed or violence; bloodthirstiness, cruelty.

The quality of being sanguinolent; in quot. 1664, addiction to bloodshed.

The quality of being sanguinary.

Bloodthirsty fury, spec. in the course of a military attack; ferocity. Also in extended use: ferocious enthusiasm, gusto; an instance of this.

intense desire for bloodshed; bloodthirstiness.

= sanguinolency, n.