bloodstained
Americanadjective
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stained with blood.
a bloodstained knife.
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guilty of murder, slaughter, or bloodshed.
adjective
Etymology
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Example Sentences
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The Pope also condemned "an endless cycle of destabilisation and death" in a "bloodstained" region of Cameroon that had been gripped by insurgency for nearly a decade.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Gory giveaway: A replica bloodstained jersey from a baseball great.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026
Olsen cut the liver into small pieces, offering it with bloodstained fingers to friends and family gathered around the table.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
When the New York Times profiled Ms. Rodríguez as a “moderate,” a backlash erupted: Thousands on X ridiculed the paper for whitewashing her bloodstained record.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026
I grab my bag to look for my phone—it’s in there, thank God, along with a bunch of scrunched-up twenties and a bloodstained Kleenex.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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