bloody
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- bloudy (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Old English blōdiġ, from blōd + -iġ (“-y”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
bloody (comparative bloodier, superlative bloodiest)
- Covered in blood.
- All that remained of his right hand after the accident was a bloody stump.
- circa 1590-96, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 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, William Shakespeare, Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen, Julius Caesar, 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.
- 1845, Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, 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.
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK, colloquial, mildly vulgar, not comparable) Used as an intensifier.
- 1994, Robert Jordan, 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, Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, 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.
- 1994, Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos, page 519,
Synonyms[edit]
- (covered in blood): bleeding, bloodied, gory, sanguinolent
- (intensifier): bally, blasted, bleeding, blinking, blooming, damn, damned, dang, fricking, frigging, fucking, goddam / goddamn, goddamned, godforsaken (rare)
- See also Wikisaurus:damned
Translations[edit]
covered in blood
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characterised by great bloodshed
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intensifier
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Derived terms[edit]
Adverb[edit]
bloody (comparative more bloody, superlative most bloody)
- (Australia, New Zealand, UK, mildly vulgar) Used to intensify what follows this adverb.
- 1994: Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos, 109 - "Dice are no bloody good," David said.
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Verb[edit]
bloody (third-person singular simple present bloodies, present participle bloodying, simple past and past participle bloodied)
- To draw blood from one's opponent in a fight.
- To demonstrably harm the cause of an opponent.
Translations[edit]
to draw blood
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