bloody

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.4 Adverb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English blōdiġ, from blōd + -iġ (“‘-y’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈblʌ.di/, SAMPA: /"blV.di/

  Rhymes: -ʌdi

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[edit] Adjective

bloody (comparative bloodier, superlative bloodiest)

1. Covered in blood.

   All that remained of his right hand after the accident was a bloody stump.

2. Characterised by great bloodshed.

   There have been bloody battles between the two tribes.

3. (British, Australian, New Zealand, mildly vulgar, not comparable) Used as an intensifier.

   1994: Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos, 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.

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• (covered in blood): bleeding, bloodied, gory
• (intensifier): damn, damned, goddam or goddamn, goddamned, bally, blasted, bleeding, blinking, blooming, fucking
• See also Wikisaurus:damned

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• bloody hell
• bloody mary
• bloody warrior
• give someone a bloody nose

[edit] Adverb

bloody (comparative more bloody, superlative most bloody)

1. (British, 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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• bloody well
• bally, blasted, bleeding, blooming

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[edit] Verb

to bloody (third-person singular simple present bloodies, present participle bloodying, simple past and past participle bloodied)

1. To draw blood from one's opponent in a fight.
2. To demonstrably harm the cause of an opponent.

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[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: bdlooy
• old boy