Synonyms of bleeds

bleeds

verb

present tense third-person singular of bleed

1

as in grieves

to feel deep sadness or mental pain

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grieves
• mourns
• aches
• sighs
• suffers
• hurts
• agonizes
• cries
• weeps
• anguishes
• sorrows
• sobs
• groans
• tears one's hair
• eats one's heart out
• torments
• tortures
• moans
• laments
• bewails
• smarts
• rues
• deplores
• languishes
• howls
• pines (away)
• longs (for)
• bemoans
• bawls
• regrets
• racks
• yowls
• blubbers
• wails
• yammers
• keens
• takes on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laughs
• cheers
• beams
• rejoices
• delights
• exults
• triumphs
• crows
• glories
• assures
• ravishes
• sympathizes
• reassures
• soothes
• joys
• comforts
• consoles
• commiserates
• solaces

2

as in drips

to flow forth slowly through small openings

pitch was bleeding from cuts in the tree bark

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drips
• flows
• seeps
• percolates
• oozes
• weeps
• exudes
• sweats
• transudes
• trickles
• emanates
• emits
• strains
• dribbles
• springs
• gives off
• discharges
• vents

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• streams
• pours
• surges
• floods
• gushes

3

as in drains

to remove (liquid) gradually or completely

bleed water from the radiators

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drains
• pumps
• sucks
• taps
• empties
• siphons
• draws (off)
• evacuates
• cleans
• drafts
• flushes
• exhausts
• milks
• purges
• effuses
• voids
• clears
• vacates
• depletes
• vacuates
• decants

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fills
• waters
• soaks
• washes
• bathes
• wets
• drenches
• drowns
• douses
• overflows
• floods
• inundates
• submerges
• swamps
• souses
• deluges

4

as in squeezes

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• squeezes
• plucks
• stings
• beats
• hustles
• cheats
• sticks
• does
• screws
• deceives
• victimizes
• shortchanges
• defrauds
• suckers
• rips off
• reams
• bilks
• shakes down
• betrays
• tricks
• fiddles
• diddles
• skins
• mulcts
• exploits
• shorts
• swindles
• cons
• hoses
• stiffs
• cozens
• fleeces
• flimflams
• gaffs
• chouses
• chisels
• skunks
• thimblerigs
• nobbles
• euchres
• extorts
• fools
• soaks
• rooks
• does in
• wrenches
• takes to the cleaners
• gouges
• wrings
• takes for a ride
• sells a bill of goods to
• clips
• nicks
• wrests
• overcharges
• milks
• dupes
• bitches
• gulls
• ropes (in)
• bamboozles
• double-crosses
• fast-talks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bleeds

Joe dives headfirst into the water, hits his head on a rock, and bleeds a little but is fine. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2026

In 2026, Indianapolis’ organizational urgency likely bleeds into desperation. — Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026

This is where the internal discontent bleeds into external conversation, and, thus, dings reputation at a material cost to the business. — Stacey Zolt Hara, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026

Loyalties typically drive a supporter’s wish to see their favourites win the biggest accolades but that, in turn, bleeds into why individual honours now mean so much to players and their clubs. — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Political identity functions similarly, and increasingly bleeds into professional contexts. — Big Think, 21 Aug. 2026

Matthew Robert Cooper’s unnerving ambient score bleeds into the relentless dink-dink-dink of the Jeep’s strobing hazard lights. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Evidence of silence quietly (sorry) breaking apart one’s bearings bleeds through both the main plot thread and satellite storylines, which include recurring visits to a client of Ninh’s and that man’s own conflicts with his distant wife. — Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 10 Aug. 2026

The cancer, polycythemia vera, is marked by runaway production of red blood cells and puts patients at risk of life-threatening blood clots, bleeds, and other cancers. — Jason Mast, STAT, 10 Aug. 2026