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

Amazon doesn’t have to worry about affiliates screaming if the show bleeds into their late local newscasts, nor FCC overlord Brendan Carr having a meltdown over an unbleeped John Mulaney bit. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026

Hot on the heels of New York Fashion Week, with some events bleeding into the week itself, this year’s climate week is seemingly more jam-packed than ever. — Bella Webb, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026

Bridget reads Lizzie the tale of Countess Elizabeth Báthory of Ecsed (also portrayed by Krieps), a 16th-century Hungarian noblewoman said to have bled beautiful virgins to bathe in their blood and preserve her beauty. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026

More rarely, but more seriously, aspirin can cause bleeding in the brain. — Paula Span, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Phrases Containing bleed

• bleed (for)