Found 2 items, similar to sanguinary.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sanguinary sanguinary adj 1: accompanied by bloodshed; “this bitter and sanguinary war” [syn: gory, sanguineous, slaughterous, butcherly] 2: marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed; “bloody-minded tyrants”; “bloodthirsty yells”; “went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood”-G.W.Johnson [syn: bloodthirsty, bloody-minded]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sanguinary Sanguinary \San"gui*na*ry\, n. [L. herba sanguinaria an herb that stanches blood: cf. F. sanguinaire. See Sanguinary, a.] (Bot.) (a) The yarrow. (b) The Sanguinaria. [1913 Webster] Sanguinary \San"gui*na*ry\, a. [L. sanguinarius, fr. sanguis blood: cf. F. sanguinaire.] 1. Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle. [1913 Webster] We may not propagate religion by wars, or by sanguinary persecutions to force consciences. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Bloodthirsty; cruel; eager to shed blood. [1913 Webster] Passion . . . makes us brutal and sanguinary. --Broome. [1913 Webster] Syn: Bloody; murderous; bloodthirsty; cruel. [1913 Webster]