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

Once out of the water, the focus can shift to bleeding control. — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026

Signs and symptoms of the disease include sudden onset of fever, headache, intense body weakness, muscle pain, sore throat, vomiting, bloody diarrhea or urine and bleeding from body openings. — Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

The nurse used his running vest chest strap like a sling, and one of his friends walked behind him to monitor for bleeding. — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026

Deepening hostility toward Israel has spurred concern about antisemitism among some moderate Democrats and Jewish Americans, who believe anti-Israel rhetoric too often bleeds into prejudice. — ABC News, 26 July 2026

Phrases Containing bleed

• bleed (for)