1. (

• gory ,
• sanguinary ,
• sanguineous ,
• slaughterous ,
• butcherly

) accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war" ;

2. (

• bloodthirsty ,
• bloody-minded ,
• sanguinary

) 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 ;