• (British, America) IPA: /ˈblʌ.di/

bloody (comparative bloodier, superlative bloodiest)

1. Covered in blood.

   Synonyms: bleeding, bloodied, gory, sanguinolent

   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, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=g5NScd2i8KsC&pg=PA84&dq=%22bloody%22|%22bloodier%22|%22bloodiest%22+-intitle:%22bloody|bloodier|bloodiest&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HH_0TsW9OtDGmQXRuuSSAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bloody%22|%22bloodier%22|%22bloodiest%22%20-intitle%3A%22bloody|bloodier|bloodiest&f=false 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, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=usHtOf790dEC&pg=PA100&dq=%22bloody%22|%22bloodier%22|%22bloodiest%22+-intitle:%22bloody|bloodier|bloodiest&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IYT0Ts3kJYbkmAW6qpCkAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bloody%22|%22bloodier%22|%22bloodiest%22%20-intitle%3A%22bloody|bloodier|bloodiest&f=falsepage 100],

     They plan to walk to the market-place, showing their bloody hands and swords and declaring ‘Peace, freedom and liberty!’

2. 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, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=TVPIjrlwJTcC&pg=PA5&dq=%22bloody%22|%22bloodier%22|%22bloodiest%22+-intitle:%22bloody|bloodier|bloodiest&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IYT0Ts3kJYbkmAW6qpCkAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bloody%22|%22bloodier%22|%22bloodiest%22%20-intitle%3A%22bloody|bloodier|bloodiest&f=false 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, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=E-xg8GbdZykC&pg=PA169&dq=%22bloody%22|%22bloodier%22|%22bloodiest%22+-intitle:%22bloody|bloodier|bloodiest&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RoL0Tu6CBMjcmAWLzpitAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bloody%22|%22bloodier%22|%22bloodiest%22%20-intitle%3A%22bloody|bloodier|bloodiest&f=false page 169]

     The story of Elizabeth Bathory is one of the bloodiest in history.

3. (rare in US, Canada, common in UK, Australia, NZ, slang) Used as an intensifier.
   • 2003, Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_828x3WNBd8C&pg=PA92&dq=%22bloody%22+-intitle:%22bloody%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4nH0To6fC-aOiAew-8GpDA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bloody%22%20-intitle%3A%22bloody%22&f=false 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, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=AE2APs3A4QYC&pg=PA498&dq=%22bloody%22+-intitle:%22bloody%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JHv0Tqh9x5SJB6__4cQB&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bloody%22%20-intitle%3A%22bloody%22&f=false page 498]

     “You bloody fool, I could′ve stabbed you in the heart,” David said in mock anger, and then smiled widely.

4. (dated) Badly behaved; unpleasant; beastly.
   • 1945, Evelyn Waugh, chapter 5, in Brideshead Revisited […], 3rd edition, London: Chapman & Hall, OCLC 54130892 ↗, book 1 (Et in Arcadia Ego), pages 118–119 ↗:

     Come to apologize to Charles. I was bloody to him and he's my guest. He's my guest and my only friend and I was bloody to him.

• (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 Thesaurus:damned

• French: sanglant, sanglante, sanguinaire, sanguinaire, ensanglanté, ensanglanté
• German: blutig
• Italian: sanguinante, cruento, insanguinato
• Portuguese: ensanguentado
• Russian: окрова́вленный
• Spanish: sangriento, ensangrentado, sanguinolento, cruento

• French: sanglant, sanglante
• German: blutig
• Italian: cruento, sanguinoso
• Portuguese: sangrento
• Russian: крова́вый
• Spanish: sangriento, cruento, sanguinolento, encarnizado

• French: foutu, foutue, maudit, maudite
• German: verdammt, verflucht
• Italian: fottuto, maledetto
• Portuguese: puto
• Russian: чёртовый
• Spanish: jodido, maldito

bloody

1. (rare in US, Canada, common in UK, Australia, NZ, slang, intensifier) Used to express anger, annoyance, shock, or for emphasis.

   Synonyms: bloody well, bally, blasted, bleeding, blooming

   1994: Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos, 109 - "Dice are no bloody good," David said.

• German: verdammt
• Portuguese: o puto do (vulgar)

bloody (bloodies, present participle bloodying; 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.

• German: bluten lassen, bluten machen, blutig machen
• Italian: insanguinare
• Spanish: ensangrentar

bloody (plural bloodies)

1. (casual) bloody mary