bloody

[ bluhd-ee ]

/ ˈblʌd i /

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adjective, blood·i·er, blood·i·est.

stained or covered with blood: a bloody handkerchief.

bleeding: a bloody nose.

characterized by bloodshed: bloody battle; a bloody rule.

inclined to bloodshed; bloodthirsty: a bloody dictator.

of, relating to, or resembling blood; containing or composed of blood: bloody tissue.

Slang. (used as an intensifier): a bloody shame; a bloody nuisance.

verb (used with object), blood·ied, blood·y·ing.

to stain or smear with blood.

to cause to bleed, as by a blow or accident: to bloody someone's nose.

adverb

Slang. (used as an intensifier): bloody awful; bloody wonderful.

OTHER WORDS FOR bloody

1-3 sanguinary, ensanguined, gory.

4 murderous, homicidal; savage, brutal, ferocious; cruel, inhuman, ruthless.

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Origin of bloody

before 1000; Middle English blody,Old English blōdig.See blood, -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM bloody

blood·i·ly, adverbblood·i·ness, nounun·blood·i·ly, adverbun·blood·i·ness, noun

un·blood·y, adjective

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How to use bloody in a sentence

His buddy got a bloody nose that lasted for eight hours, so he ran with his head lifted up, pinching his nose.
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Wilbanks told CNN his hands were bloodied and “chewed up” after his battle with the alligator, although the puppy — and the cigar — remained in one piece.
Video shows man wrestling puppy from alligator’s jaws without dropping his cigar|Jennifer Hassan|November 23, 2020|Washington Post
The brutal and bloody act takes place with the assistance of Judith’s female accomplice, who pins Holofernes down.
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Chances are, you’ll need to pack the animal out in quarters, which means spending at least a couple hours with bloody hands while you wrestle a giant carcass that likely fell in the most inopportune spot possible.
The Beginner's Guide to Hunting|Ian Fohrman|October 30, 2020|Outside Online

Tension has been rising in his town, known best as hallowed ground of the Civil War’s bloodiest battle.
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He said she first made the claims and then visited her incarcerated husband afterward, when she produced bloodied clothing.
Did Joran Van Der Sloot Fake His Prison Shanking?|Andrea Zarate, Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On a practical level, quidditch players are often muddied or bloodied, and sometimes both (as you can see in the film).
Why I Named My Quidditch Film Mudbloods|Farzad Sangari|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They beat the activists, dragging bloodied bodies through the snow and herding women and children into armored vans.
The Belarus Free Theatre’s Badass Dissident Artists Get the HBO Treatment|Katie Baker|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
King Joffrey Baratheon ingesting poison and transforming into a bloodied ghoul during the Purple Wedding.
Game of Thrones’ ‘Oathkeeper’: Joffrey’s Killer Revealed, White Walkers, and A New Jaime Lannister|Marlow Stern|April 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He is, he says, “happy with fate,” even if—on occasion—it brings a bloodied interviewer to his door.
Edmund White: Sex, Success, and Survival|Tim Teeman|February 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her hair was loose and over her eyes, her clenched hands all bloodied about her throat.
She Stands Accused|Victor MacClure
Again the resolute woodpecker drove his bloodied head with unimpaired energy against the tin sheathing up above.
Back Home|Irvin S. Cobb
I bloodied the nose of one, I mind, when I was still so wambly on my legs that I cowped upon the top of him.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
It was said with so much passion as awoke me from the horror of my own bloodied sword.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
The Sigismunda of Hogarth is not tearing off her ornaments, nor are her fingers bloodied by her lover's heart.
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British Dictionary definitions for bloody

bloody

/ (ˈblʌdɪ) /

adjective bloodier or bloodiest

covered or stained with blood

resembling or composed of blood

marked by much killing and bloodsheda bloody war

cruel or murderousa bloody tyrant

of a deep red colour; blood-red

adverb, adjective

slang, mainly British (intensifier)a bloody fool; bloody fine food

verb bloodies, bloodying or bloodied

(tr) to stain with blood

Derived forms of bloody

bloodily, adverbbloodiness, noun

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