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

“My cubs were slain for their pelts and perished on the bloodstained sands of Ahwoo-Ahwoo. I demand blood for blood! A pelt for a pelt!”

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It is claimed he discarded a sword and dumped tracksuit bottoms and a bloodstained top he had been wearing.

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The collapse of conscience is not a distant abstraction but a visceral reality, carved into the bloodstained bodies of women and children, their lives and futures obliterated by the ruthless forces of war.

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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the Israeli attacks extended Israel’s “filthy and bloodstained hand to commit a crime in our beloved country.”

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She described being taken to a ward just an hour after giving birth and still bleeding, then being left in the same bloodstained sheets for 12 hours.

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