sanguinary

Plural: sanguinaries

Adjective Satellite

• accompanied by bloodshed
  • "this bitter and sanguinary war"
• marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed; ; ; -G.W.Johnson
  • "went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood"

Adj

• Involving bloodshed.
• Eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty.
• Consisting of, covered with, or similar in appearance to blood.

Noun

• A bloodthirsty person.
• The plant common yarrow, or herba sanguinaria (Achillea millefolium).

Synonyms

bloodthirsty, bloody-minded, butcherly, gory, sanguineous, slaughterous, bloodsoaked, bloody, butcherous

Related Words

exsanguinate, sanguine, sanguineous

Anagrams of sanguinary