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bloody
[bluhd-ee]
adjective
stained or covered with blood.
a bloody handkerchief.
Synonyms: ,bleeding.
a bloody nose.
Synonyms: ,characterized by bloodshed.
bloody battle; a bloody rule.
Synonyms: ,inclined to bloodshed; bloodthirsty.
a bloody dictator.
Synonyms: , , , , , , ,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)
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.
bloody
/ ˈʌɪ /
adjective
covered or stained with blood
resembling or composed of blood
marked by much killing and bloodshed
a bloody war
cruel or murderous
a bloody tyrant
of a deep red colour; blood-red
adverb
slang(intensifier)
a bloody fool
bloody fine food
verb
(tr) to stain with blood
Other Word Forms
- bloodily adverb
- bloodiness noun
- unbloodily adverb
- unbloodiness noun
- unbloody adjective
- ˈǴǻ徱 adverb
- ˈǴǻ徱Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Migrants, he said, were “poisoning the blood” of the country and “getting them out will be a bloody story.”
Global postwar decolonization and the struggle for equality proved to be lengthy and sometimes extremely bloody processes.
“You had to play it about 90 bloody times to even hear what they were singing about,” complained Pete Townsend, the guitarist and songwriter for the Who.
Some, like Brayn Nestor, bore bloody welts from the rubber bullets that had hit them.
Former combatants in Colombia’s long-standing internal conflict are increasingly being lured to Mexico by criminal groups to train hitmen, build bombs and fight bloody turf battles.
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