BLED Synonyms: 181 Similar and Opposite Words

bled

verb

Definition of bled next

past tense of bleed

as in grieved

to feel deep sadness or mental pain her heart bleeds for the homeless people she sees on her way to work

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as in dripped

to flow forth slowly through small openings pitch was bleeding from cuts in the tree bark

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as in drained

to remove (liquid) gradually or completely bleed water from the radiators

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as in stung

to rob by the use of trickery or threats the confidence men coldheartedly bled the elderly couple of their life savings

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Recent Examples of bled Across 33 tracks split into two solo albums, two of this century’s coldest, most martyrial rap auteurs—who have bled enough on the page to paint the walls a new color—decide to flex new muscles over a decent batch of ambient plugg beats. —

Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 6 Apr. 2026 Related Stories Details were not immediately forthcoming, but the deal was expected to include a major cash infusion into the guild’s teetering health fund, which has bled $200 million over the last four years. —

Gene Maddaus, Variety, 4 Apr. 2026 Mottola canceled his Christmas Eve plans with Eva Andersson-Dubin, and as the night bled into the early hours of Christmas morning, emailed Epstein a string of anxious-sounding questions. —

Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2026 In the third period, the Penguins simply bled the clock with precision, something that hasn’t always been a strength. —

Josh Yohe, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026 As one hit bled into another, the crowd sounded elated to be there. —

David Harris, SPIN, 30 Mar. 2026 However, they were outscored in the third and allowed a 9-1 run that bled into the fourth quarter. —

Zoe Collins Rath, Austin American Statesman, 29 Mar. 2026 That tourism-ad Zambia, with views of Mosi-oa-Tunya and sunrises that bled color into the marshmallow-white of the clouds through the raging waterfall, or the sound of Lake Bangweulu whipping the white beach as lullaby. —

Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026 He got hit, bled, cracked a joke, and kept playing — then got his five stitches and started thinking about the next show. —

Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026

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The whole country mourned her loss and grieved for her two young daughters, Ellie and Carrie, who were just 6 and 2 at the time.

— Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
But anyone who has ever grieved knows there will be no closure for these families; there will be only an opening, a void where someone was and now isn’t.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026