bloody Definition
bloody (blud′ē)
adjective blood′i·er, blood′i·est
- of, like, or containing blood
- covered or stained with blood; bleeding
- involving bloodshed; with much killing or wounding
- bloodthirsty; cruel
- having the red color of blood
- Brit., Slang, Vulgar cursed; damned
Etymology: ME blodi < OE blodig
adverb
Brit., Slang, Vulgar very
transitive verb blood′·ied, blood′y·ing
to cover or stain with blood
bloody Synonyms
bloody
modif.
Showing blood
bleeding, bloodstained, blood-spattered, gory, gaping, unstaunched, grisly, crimson, open, wounded, dripping blood, hematic, raw, blood-soaked, hemorrhaging. Fiercely fought
gory, sanguinary, savage, fierce, heavy, hand-to-hand, murderous, decimating, expensive, Pyrrhic, suicidal; see also ferocious, fierce 1, savage 2.Antonyms
easy*, light*, desultory. * British* Disapproved of
British* Very
extremely, exceedingly, excessively; see very.
bloody Usage Examples
Object
- hand: He raised a bloodied hand to clutch at the chair arm, but it slipped off, too wet to find purchase.
- head: How could a man, head bloodied by an American bomb, give no sign of agony or anger?
- tooth: A moment later it surfaced with dripping entrails and what looked to be gnarled clumps of brain tissue clamped between its bloodied teeth.
- mess: TAIL DOCKING NONE of our MPs would deliberately smash a dog's tail and leave it a bloodied mess.
Modifies a noun
- hell: John: Oh, bloody hell, I told you!
- nose: That said, they are more than capable of giving any team a bloody nose.
- diarrhea: The symptoms include abdominal pain and tenderness, nausea, vomiting and bloody diarrhea.
- battle: Somme marked 90 years on Events take place in northern France to mark the 90th anniversary of the bloody Battle of the Somme.
- freezing: With the exception of being, for want of a better term, bloody freezing, perfect weather for flying rockets.
- mindedness: And with all the bloody mindedness I can muster I will not bet again.
Modifying Another Word
- pretty: That's pretty bloody final, isn't it?
- absolutely: At midday I exited the Maths & Social Sciences building of the University of Manchester North UMIST Campus feeling absolutely bloody great.
- too: Or maybe they'll be too bloody subtle to see at all.
- so: In point of fact he is worse because he is so bloody sneaky.
- sometimes: Symptoms: fluid, sometimes bloody, ' leaking ' from shell.
- extremely: The evidence of history is that revolutions are usually peaceful - but the resulting counter-revolution is usually extremely bloody and ruthless.
Used with adjective complement
- do: You'd think it difficult to hide a waterfall wouldn't you but they did bloody well.
- get: A short while after the pool started getting bloody so we got out and sat on a duvet on the floor.
- become: Since then, the already confused picture in Gaza has become even bloodier.
- go: Answer: You have to pull bloody hard, and it goes bloody fast!
Browse dictionary entries near bloody
- ‹ bloodwort
- ‹ bloodworm
- ‹ bloodthirsty
- ‹ bloodsucker
- ‹ bloodstream
- ‹ bloodstone
- ‹ bloodstock
- ‹ bloodstained
- ‹ bloodstain
- ‹ bloodshot

