BLEEDS Synonyms: 177 Similar and Opposite Words

bleeds

verb

present tense third-person singular of bleed

as in grieves

to feel deep sadness or mental pain her heart bleeds for the homeless people she sees on her way to work

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as in drips

to flow forth slowly through small openings pitch was bleeding from cuts in the tree bark

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as in drains

to remove (liquid) gradually or completely bleed water from the radiators

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as in squeezes

to rob by the use of trickery or threats the confidence men coldheartedly bled the elderly couple of their life savings

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Recent Examples of bleeds Walt then bleeds out as the feds arrive. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 2 June 2026 Too often, work bleeds into home life. — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 29 June 2026 Emotion slowly bleeds out of history; there is no tourniquet. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 28 May 2026 The losers are the automakers still leaving accessories to the dealer, where the margin quietly bleeds away. — Sarwant Singh, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 If your patriotic heart bleeds red, white, and blue all year long, there's no better way to show it than with these captions just made for the Fourth of July. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 2 July 2026 Fat Joe bleeds Knicks blue, so he is treated like royalty in the Garden, and there’s nothing that a billionaire or A-lister can do about it. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 19 May 2026 And this sense of mutual alienation, of being neither here nor there, that Franny and Elliott live with suggests that the political is no longer seen from a potentially abstract place and finally bleeds into realm of the personal. — Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 17 May 2026 The slow-burn thriller is partially based on a 17th century ballad in which the heroic outlaw’s cousin, a malevolent prioress, bleeds the older, ailing Robin to death under the guise of the ancient medical treatment known as bloodletting. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026

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Each person grieves differently.

— Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 14 June 2026
The Professor, with only her ex-partner’s cat for company, sits in her decaying apartment and grieves the loss of her relationship and her struggle with infertility.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 May 2026

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In areas with valleys or basins, cooler and denser air drains downhill and pools in low spots overnight, a process known as cold-air pooling.

— Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Make sure to empty any excess water that drains into the saucer to keep the roots from getting soggy.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 30 June 2026

Definition of drains

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One of our favorite budget models on the market right now is HP's OmniBook X Flip, which squeezes every bit of performance out of its components to deliver capable everyday productivity performance in a good-looking package.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 30 June 2026
That suits floating-rate lenders, who earn more when rates stay up, and squeezes any borrower trying to refinance into those rates.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of squeezes

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That visibility shapes where capital flows, which problems get prioritized, and how quickly innovations find their way into practice.

— Jamil Wyne, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Today's stock-market market conversation is dominated by structural dynamics, index machinations and mechanical flows the way World Cup chatter fixates on officiating decisions and bracket construction.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 July 2026

Definition of flows

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His torso and thighs grow eye-poppingly muscular beneath their skimpy fur-and-leather togs—a development that does not go unnoticed by a warrior named Red Hair, who plucks the young hunk from his post and tosses him into the prime time of the gladiator pit.

— Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
But the emotional gravity of this offering's deeply personal, melancholic lyrical content plucks an undeniably profound chord that uniquely separates it from the rest of his work.

— Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026