bloody English
Alternative forms
* bloudy (obsolete)
Adjective
( er)
Covered in blood.
- All that remained of his right hand after the accident was a bloody stump.
* , Act 5, Scene 1, 2008 [1947], Forgotten Books, page 84 ,
- And, as she fled, her mantle she did fall, / Which Lion vile with bloody mouth did stain.
* 2011 , , analysis of Act 2 Scene 1, 100 ,
- They plan to walk to the market-place, showing their bloody hands and swords and declaring ‘Peace, freedom and liberty!’
Characterised by bloodshed.
- There have been bloody battles between the two tribes.
* Shakespeare
- Some bloody passion shakes your very frame.
* 1845 , , 2008, page 5 ,
- I had therefore been, until now, out of the way of the bloody scenes that often occurred on the plantation.
* 2007 , Lucinda Mallows, Lucy Mallows, Slovakia: The Bradt Travel Guide , page 169 ,
- The story of Elizabeth Bathory is one of the bloodiest in history.
(AU, NZ, UK, colloquial, mildly, vulgar, not comparable) Used as an intensifier.
* 1994 , , Lord of Chaos , page 519,
- Try to keep those bloody' women's '''bloody''' heads on their ' bloody shoulders by somehow helping them make this whole mad impossible scheme actually work.
* 2003 , , page 64 ,
- You are not to go asking anyone about who killed that bloody dog.
* 2007 , James MacFarlane, Avenge My Kin , Book 2: A Time of Testing, page 498 ,
- “You bloody fool, I could?ve stabbed you in the heart,” David said in mock anger, and then smiled widely.
Synonyms
* (covered in blood) bleeding, bloodied, gory, sanguinolent
* (intensifier) bally, blasted, bleeding (chiefly British cockney), blinking, blooming, damn, damned, dang, darned, doggone, flaming, freaking, fricking, frigging, fucking, goddam / goddamn, goddamned, godforsaken (rare), wretched, rotten
* See also
Derived terms
* bloody hell
* bloody oath
* bloody mary
* bloody warrior
* give someone a bloody nose
Adverb
( en adverb)
(AU, NZ, British, mildly, vulgar) Used to intensify what follows this adverb.
- 1994:' '', 109 - "Dice are no ' bloody good," David said.
Synonyms
* bloody well
* bally, blasted, bleeding, blooming
Verb
To draw blood from one's opponent in a fight.
To demonstrably harm the cause of an opponent.
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sanguineous English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Accompanied by bloodshed; bloody
Eager for bloody violence; bloodthirsty
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