кровожадный

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Russian

кровожадный

Etymology

From кровь (krovʹ) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ жа́дный (žádnyj).

Pronunciation

Adjective

кровожа́дный (krovožádnyj)

  1. bloodthirsty (eager to resort to violence)
    Synonyms: свире́пый (svirépyj), жесто́кий (žestókij), хи́щный (xíščnyj), безжа́лостный (bezžálostnyj)
    • 1905, Александр Куприн, chapter IV, in Поединок; English translation from Josh Billings, transl., The Duel, New York: Melville House Publishing, 2011:
      — Одна́ко вы кровожа́дны, Алекса́ндра Петро́вна! — вста́вил Ромашо́в.
      — Odnáko vy krovožádny, Aleksándra Petróvna! — vstávil Romašóv.
      “You, on the other hand, are bloodthirsty, Alexandra Petrovna,” Romashov cut in.

Declension