bloodstained

[ bluhd-steynd ]

/ ˈblʌdˌsteɪnd /

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adjective

stained with blood: a bloodstained knife.

guilty of murder, slaughter, or bloodshed.

RELATED WORDS

gory, grisly, bleeding, ensanguined

Nearby words

Origin of bloodstained

1590–1600; blood + stained; see stain, -ed²

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Examples from the Web for bloodstained

His bandaged leg rests, slightly elevated, on a bloodstained cushion borrowed from a couch.
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They also found a bloodstained length of lead pipe wrapped in surgical plaster.
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Our Jackie is embodied forever in that bloodstained pink suit.
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Davidson saw the bloodstained seat of her car and the skid marks where her car had gone off the road.
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Then she knelt on the bloodstained ground, and besought them with tears to lay down their swords.
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Spendius squatted down at the edge of the fountain and washed his bloodstained hands.
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We looked up to them with love and reverence, admiring their dust-covered caps and bloodstained gaiters.
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Free and glorious the soul of King Edmund rose from his bloodstained body into the sunlight of heaven.
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Of course, Mwanga was a coward as well as a cruel and bloodstained despot.
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British Dictionary definitions for bloodstained

bloodstained

/ (ˈblʌdˌsteɪnd) /

adjective

stained by or covered in blood

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