bloodstained

adjective

blood·​stained ˈbləd-ˌstānd How to pronounce bloodstained (audio)
1
: stained with blood
2
: involved with slaughter
a bloodstained chronicle of war

Examples of bloodstained in a Sentence

had to throw away the bloodstained washcloth after a particularly bad nosebleed
Recent Examples on the Web Associated Press photos from a local hospital showed more than 20 bodies wrapped in bloodstained sheets. Najib Jobain, Bassem Mroue, and Samy Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Nov. 2023 Police received a bloodstained helmet from a farmer who found it on the side of the road the night Joughin went missing. Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2023 The three photos showed two babies whose bodies had been burned beyond recognition and a third infant’s bloodstained body. Matthew Chance, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023 When a woman disappeared in Richmond, on Canada’s Prince Edward Island, in 1994, a bloodstained leather jacket with 27 white cat hairs in the lining was found near her home. Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023 More evidence has emerged of the attack’s brutality, with the Israeli Prime Minister’s office releasing three photos showing two babies whose bodies had been burned beyond recognition and a third bloodstained infant’s body. Helen Regan, CNN, 13 Oct. 2023 Time for a final showdown with the supernaturally strong man wielding a bloodstained cleaver in the mall. Katie Barsotti, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2023 The bloodstained word is painted on scarlet satin, the material of a cardinal’s cassock. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023 Nine members of Congress spent an hour touring the bullet-riddled and bloodstained halls of the 1200 Building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Alaa Elassar, CNN, 4 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of bloodstained was in 1594

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“Bloodstained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodstained. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Medical Definition

bloodstained

adjective
blood·​stained -ˌstānd How to pronounce bloodstained (audio)
: stained with blood
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