bloodier; bloodiest
1
a
: containing or made up of blood
b
: of or contained in the blood
2
: smeared or stained with blood
3
a
: accompanied by or involving bloodshed
especially
: marked by great slaughter
a bloody battle
b
: marked by fierce conflict
In the end the litigation proved exhaustive and bloody but successful.—
David Wild
David Wild5
: bloodred
6
British, informal + sometimes offensive
: damned
—often used as an intensive
acting like a bloody fool
British, informal + sometimes offensive
—used as an intensive
a bloody awful mistake
had a bloody good time
Examples of bloody in a Sentence
Adjective
He hit me and gave me a bloody nose.
after the fight, her shirt was all bloody
Verb
He hit me and bloodied my nose.
the politician's reputation was permanently bloodied by the rumors of corruption
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 5 Dec. 2025
Other evidence of bed bugs includes bloody or inky stains on fabric and a sweet, musty smell in the room.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025
Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
The sight was an apt metaphor for the current state of a Steelers team that’s been battered and bloodied in recent weeks.
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
Another way of contextualizing the scale of the bloodletting is the war in Gaza, the bloodiest round of fighting between Israel and Palestinian terrorists since the latter’s war of independence in 1948.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 5 Dec. 2025
Other evidence of bed bugs includes bloody or inky stains on fabric and a sweet, musty smell in the room.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025
Verb
During the aftermath, the film shows a brief shot of Harvey, who, after being knocked on his back, is shown with half of his face burned and bloodied as a result of the blast.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
The sight was an apt metaphor for the current state of a Steelers team that’s been battered and bloodied in recent weeks.
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Bloody.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloody. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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