bloody

¹bloody

adjective \ˈblə-dē\

blood·i·er blood·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

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

²bloody

transitive verb

blood·ied bloody·ing

Definition of BLOODY

1

: to make bloody or bloodred

2

: harm, damage <an administration bloodied by scandal>

Examples of BLOODY

1. He hit me and bloodied my nose.
2. <the politician's reputation was permanently bloodied by the rumors of corruption>

First Known Use of BLOODY

1530

Related to BLOODY

Synonyms

blemish, damage, break, compromise, crab, cripple, cross (up), deface, disfigure, endamage, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, spoil, vitiate

Antonyms

doctor, fix, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair, revamp

Related Words

deteriorate, enervate, enfeeble, undermine, weaken; erode, scour, wash out, wear (away); blight, tarnish; dent, ding, dint; botch, gum (up), queer; lacerate, wound; disable, hamstring, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, torment, torture; annihilate, bang up, bash, batter, clobber, crush, dash, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, do in, pulverize, raze, ruin, scourge, shatter, smash, tear down, total, waste, wipe out, wreck

Near Antonyms

cure, heal, help, rectify, rehabilitate, remedy; edit, remodel, revise; ameliorate, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate, perfect, refine

Rhymes with BLOODY

buddy, muddy, study

³bloody

adverb

Definition of BLOODY

sometimes vulgar

—used as an intensive

First Known Use of BLOODY

1661

bloody

adjective \ˈbləd-ē\   (Medical Dictionary)

blood·i·er; blood·i·est

Medical Definition of BLOODY

1

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

2

a : smeared or stained with blood b : dripping blood : bleeding <a bloody nose>

—blood·i·ly \ˈbləd-^əl-ē\ (audio pronunciation) adverb

—blood·i·ness \ˈbləd-ē-nəs\ (audio pronunciation) noun