Synonyms of bleed

bleed

verb

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stream
• pour
• gush
• flood
• surge

• stream
• pour
• gush
• flood
• surge

3

as in to drain

to remove (liquid) gradually or completely

bleed water from the radiators

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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

Phrases Containing bleed

• bleed (for)

• bleed (for)