sanguinary
adjective
1. accompanied by bloodshed
- this bitter and sanguinary war
Similar word(s): bloody, butcherly, gory, sanguineous, slaughterous
2. marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed
- went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood
Similar word(s): bloody, bloodthirsty, sanguineous
noun
1. A bloodthirsty person.
2. The plant yarrow, or herba sanguinaria.