bloody

¹bloody

adj \ˈblə-dē\

blood·i·erblood·i·est

Definition of BLOODY

1

a : containing or made up of blood b : of or contained in the blood

2

: smeared or stained with blood

3

: accompanied by or involving bloodshed; especially : marked by great slaughter

4

a : murderous b : merciless, cruel

5

: bloodred

6

sometimes vulgar : damned —often used as an intensive

— blood·i·ly \ˈblə-d^əl-ē\ adverb

— blood·i·ness \ˈblə-dē-nəs\ noun

Examples of BLOODY

1. He hit me and gave me a bloody nose.
2. <after the fight, her shirt was all bloody>

First Known Use of BLOODY

before 12th century

Related to BLOODY

Synonyms: bloodstained, gory

Related Words: bloodred, carmine, crimson, incarnadine, red, reddish, ruby, sanguine, sanguineous; sanguinary

Near Antonyms: appeasing, conciliatory, disarming, dovish, mollifying, pacific, pacifying, peaceable, peaceful, peacemaking, placating, placative, placatory, propitiatory; unaggressive, unassertive; benign, benignant, compassionate, good-hearted, humane, kind, kindhearted, sympathetic, tenderhearted; tender, warm, warmhearted; clement, lenient, merciful; affable, amiable, amicable, benevolent, gentle, kindly; submissive, surrendering, yielding

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Synonym Discussion of BLOODY

bloody, sanguinary, gory mean affected by or involving the shedding of blood. bloody is applied especially to things that are actually covered with blood or are made up of blood <bloody hands>. sanguinary applies especially to something attended by, or someone inclined to, bloodshed <the Civil War was America's most sanguinary conflict>. gory suggests a profusion of blood and slaughter <exceptionally gory, even for a horror movie>.

Rhymes with BLOODY

buddy, cruddy, cuddy, duddie, muddy, ruddy, study