Synonyms of bleed

bleed

verb

ˈblēd 

1

as in to grieve

to feel deep sadness or mental pain

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grieve
• mourn
• ache
• suffer
• sigh
• sorrow
• hurt
• cry
• anguish
• agonize
• weep
• sob
• tear one's hair
• eat one's heart out
• groan
• pine (away)
• torment
• long (for)
• moan
• torture
• smart
• bawl
• bewail
• languish
• howl
• lament
• wail
• regret
• rue
• blubber
• rack
• bemoan
• keen
• deplore
• yammer
• take on
• yowl

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• joy
• beam
• laugh
• glory
• triumph
• rejoice
• cheer
• delight
• assure
• sympathize
• exult
• reassure
• ravish
• comfort
• soothe
• crow
• console
• commiserate
• solace

2

as in to drip

to flow forth slowly through small openings

pitch was bleeding from cuts in the tree bark

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drip
• flow
• weep
• seep
• ooze
• percolate
• sweat
• exude
• transude
• strain
• trickle
• emit
• emanate
• dribble
• give off
• vent
• discharge
• spring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stream
• pour
• flood
• gush
• surge

3

as in to drain

to remove (liquid) gradually or completely

bleed water from the radiators

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drain
• pump
• suck
• draw (off)
• tap
• empty
• siphon
• evacuate
• clean
• draft
• flush
• milk
• purge
• exhaust
• void
• clear
• vacate
• deplete
• effuse
• vacuate
• decant

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fill
• wash
• wet
• soak
• water
• bathe
• drench
• drown
• flood
• douse
• overflow
• inundate
• swamp
• submerge
• souse
• deluge

4

as in to squeeze

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• squeeze
• cheat
• pluck
• sting
• stick
• beat
• screw
• hustle
• do
• skin
• deceive
• sucker
• victimize
• shortchange
• shake down
• ream
• stiff
• defraud
• bilk
• rip off
• trick
• chouse
• mulct
• swindle
• exploit
• fiddle
• short
• chisel
• fleece
• hose
• diddle
• betray
• con
• gaff
• rook
• skunk
• take for a ride
• nobble
• euchre
• flimflam
• cozen
• gouge
• fool
• thimblerig
• take to the cleaners
• wrench
• do in
• soak
• sell a bill of goods to
• wring
• clip
• extort
• nick
• overcharge
• milk
• wrest
• bitch
• rope (in)
• dupe
• gull
• double-cross
• bamboozle
• fast-talk

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bleed

This makes no technical sense, but we’re meant to ride the wave of catharsis and emotion here, not to ask pesky questions about how exactly a clockwork mechanism from 1939 is reprogramming bleeding-edge nanotech from 2026. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2026

Her father found her less than a mile away under a tree bleeding from two stab wounds to the neck. — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026

The system creates antiprotons and gradually bleeds off their energy. — George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026

But what begins as emulating her mother’s favorite role-playing game turns fantastical, as the RPG itself bleeds into the real world, channeling Hattie’s grief and forcing her to rely on her father once more. — Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026

Phrases Containing bleed

• bleed (for)