bloodstained

[ bluhd-steynd ]

adjective

1. stained with blood:

   a bloodstained knife.

2. guilty of murder, slaughter, or bloodshed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bloodstained¹

1590–1600; blood + stained; stain, -ed ²

Example Sentences

Take, for instance, a digitally altered image tweeted out last year by a fiery diplomat depicting an Australian soldier holding a bloodstained knife to a child’s throat.

From Quartz

She wore a wig with red Afro puffs, an army-green tactical vest and fake bloodstained bandage.

From Washington Post

His bandaged leg rests, slightly elevated, on a bloodstained cushion borrowed from a couch.

From The Daily Beast

The Governor, on the other hand, had led us to believe he wanted to put his bloodstained past behind him.

From The Daily Beast

They also found a bloodstained length of lead pipe wrapped in surgical plaster.

From The Daily Beast

Our Jackie is embodied forever in that bloodstained pink suit.

From The Daily Beast

Davidson saw the bloodstained seat of her car and the skid marks where her car had gone off the road.

From The Daily Beast

I do not know how long it lasted; but presently, as I may testify, I saw Orme rise and kick at the wetted, bloodstained blanket.

From Project Gutenberg

They made haste to reach the shore and left six bloodstained British sailors to take their boat in triumph to Detroit.

From Project Gutenberg

You cannot always believe tears: even Joseph's brothers wept as they brought to Jacob the bloodstained shirt.

From Project Gutenberg

I was released from the spell of that bloodstained black body all mixed up with grey-black mud.

From Project Gutenberg

The clotted blood refers to the bloodstained leaves upon which the fallen game has lain.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• blood-soaked