Synonyms of bled

bled

verb

past tense of bleed

1

as in grieved

to feel deep sadness or mental pain

her heart bleeds for the homeless people she sees on her way to work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grieved
• mourned
• ached
• sighed
• cried
• agonized
• suffered
• sorrowed
• sobbed
• hurt
• wept
• anguished
• groaned
• smarted
• tortured
• tormented
• moaned
• ate one's heart out
• racked
• tore one's hair
• bewailed
• languished
• lamented
• blubbered
• rued
• deplored
• longed (for)
• howled
• bawled
• regretted
• bemoaned
• wailed
• pined (away)
• keened
• yowled
• yammered
• took on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laughed
• cheered
• rejoiced
• triumphed
• gloried
• delighted
• exulted
• beamed
• ravished
• crowed
• assured
• sympathized
• comforted
• reassured
• consoled
• soothed
• joyed
• commiserated
• solaced

2

as in dripped

to flow forth slowly through small openings

pitch was bleeding from cuts in the tree bark

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dripped
• flowed
• wept
• seeped
• oozed
• exuded
• percolated
• sweat
• strained
• trickled
• transuded
• dribbled
• emitted
• emanated
• sprang
• vented
• discharged
• gave off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• poured
• flooded
• surged
• streamed
• gushed

3

as in drained

to remove (liquid) gradually or completely

bleed water from the radiators

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drained
• pumped
• sucked
• tapped
• emptied
• siphoned
• drew (off)
• cleaned
• drafted
• evacuated
• flushed
• milked
• exhausted
• purged
• cleared
• vacated
• voided
• depleted
• decanted
• effused
• vacuated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• filled
• washed
• watered
• soaked
• bathed
• drenched
• wet
• flooded
• drowned
• overflowed
• inundated
• doused
• deluged
• submerged
• soused
• swamped

4

as in stung

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

the confidence men coldheartedly bled the elderly couple of their life savings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stung
• cheated
• squeezed
• plucked
• hustled
• screwed
• stuck
• beat
• did
• victimized
• fiddled
• hosed
• deceived
• reamed
• shorted
• shortchanged
• fleeced
• mulcted
• defrauded
• swindled
• suckered
• skinned
• tricked
• exploited
• wrenched
• bilked
• conned
• chiseled
• diddled
• stiffed
• rooked
• betrayed
• cozened
• gaffed
• shook down
• euchred
• ripped off
• flimflammed
• nobbled
• skunked
• fooled
• gouged
• clipped
• wrung
• did in
• choused
• thimblerigged
• milked
• soaked
• extorted
• nicked
• took for a ride
• wrested
• took to the cleaners
• sold a bill of goods to
• overcharged
• gulled
• duped
• bitched
• double-crossed
• roped (in)
• bamboozled
• fast-talked

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bled

Ushuaïa’s noise bled into the hotel buffet, and its parties took customers from Space. — Max Marshall, Vanity Fair, 15 July 2026

Overnight, from Los Angeles, my accounts bled out through a string of Walgreens drugstores, an Arco gas station, and a single charge of thousands of dollars at a Staples, the signature of a gift-card cash-out. — Ryan Pettit, Time, 7 July 2026

The murkiness of the injury bled into free agency and Christensen’s Carolina future remains unsettled, despite the team’s unproven depth options on the line, particularly at guard. — Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026

The Knicks’ championship run bled into the start of the World Cup, which served as a local distraction, while all of the other forms of art and entertainment New York certainly haven’t disappeared this summer. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026

My dad's very entrepreneurial, so that kind of bled over onto me. — Christina Dugan Ramirez , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026

Doctors, following accepted practice, would likely have bled or purged an ill person for humoral balance. — Katherine Ott, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

As fans ooh’d and ah’d, Rollins hit a superplex through a table from the top of the cage as Breakker bled from the eye. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026

By the time police arrived, Spencer had fled and Karen had bled to death. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 24 June 2026