BLOODIED Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

bloodied

verb

past tense of bloody

as in damaged

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of the politician's reputation was permanently bloodied by the rumors of corruption

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of bloodied And then he’s almost immediately captured by Grant men who return him beaten and bloodied to Arch Bug. — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026 Walsh was discovered upstairs, bloodied after apparently cutting herself with a knife, responding officers reported. — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026 Figuratively speaking, by this point, this class has been bloodied in battle and have gotten to know each other. — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Sondheimer has bloodied his hands climbing over a fence to exit a bolted stadium. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026 The pilot assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, in Miramar, California, is seen with his face bloodied and appearing a little shaken up in the body camera footage released Friday by the Yakima County Sheriff's Office. — Jennifer Watts, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 In the TikTok livestream, which has since been taken down, Hilton appears to be bloodied and in a distressed mental state. — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026 After the game, Tillman showed up at the press area without shoes on, his sock bloodied where a defender’s cleat had pierced his boot. — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 2 July 2026 Tillman, whose right foot was bloodied before the kick because a Bosnian player stepped on it, still arced a shot over five standing Bosnians, into an unsaveable spot that keeper Nikola Vasilj almost dared Tillman to target. — Sean Gregory, Time, 2 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodied

Verb

Handsink nearest kitchen entrance from seating area damaged and peeling off of wall.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Much of Jewish Iraqi American conceptual artist Michael Rakowitz’s work focuses on re-creating or giving new life to religious materials that were stolen, damaged or destroyed amid war and persecution.

— Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of damaged

Verb

When shooting a gun into a moving car, there’s a chance someone will be injured or worse.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 28 Oct. 2026
Several Americans are believed to have been injured in a high-speed train collision that killed at least 68 people in Spain on Wednesday when one train collided with another that had stopped on the tracks.

— Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of injured

Verb

When some youngsters in Rome tried to set a dumpster on fire, others quickly extinguished the blaze, keen to avoid the type of violence that has marred similar protests in France.

— Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
Yet because the brain disease can be diagnosed only after death, conclusions from previous studies were marred by selection bias — a systematic error that occurs when those chosen for analysis do not properly represent the target population.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of marred

Verb

Mendel argued that Zelenskyy's promise to bring peace at the time stands in stark contrast to the devastating war that has crippled the country and defined much of his presidency.

— Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
He is crippled by doubt, convinced that others are gaining on him.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of crippled

Verb

After the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act, Alabama Republicans redrew Shomari Figures’ district, cutting its Black voting-age population from 48% to 40%.

— Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
Eisenkot's allies could also try to reverse legislation advanced by Netanyahu's government that critics say weakened Israel's democratic institutions and judicial independence.

— Itay Stern, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026