Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /ˈblʌ.di/
bloody (comparative bloodier, superlative bloodiest)
- 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!’
- 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.
- (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.
- 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]
- (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
- (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)
- To draw blood from one's opponent in a fight.
- To demonstrably harm the cause of an opponent.
- German: bluten lassen, bluten machen, blutig machen
- Italian: insanguinare
- Spanish: ensangrentar
bloody (plural bloodies)
- (casual) bloody mary
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