as in bloody
smeared or stained with blood
had to throw away the bloodstained washcloth after a particularly bad nosebleed
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Recent Examples of bloodstained
The bloodstained gloves are made out of leather and went for $1.52 million, including a buyer’s premium fee.
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Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
For the next three days, our hero silently sits on the bloodstained floor beside her bed, trying to accept that their baby is lost and his wife may never awaken.
—Hazlitt, 13 May 2025
On a bluff high above the bloodstained shores, service units—often made up of African American soldiers—began the arduous process of digging graves.
—Blane Bachelor, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2025
Video showed bloodstained children dressed in school uniforms and other people lying on the ground and under the vehicle, which crashed into a tree near the school gate.
—Peter Guo, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2024
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Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
For the next three days, our hero silently sits on the bloodstained floor beside her bed, trying to accept that their baby is lost and his wife may never awaken.
—Hazlitt, 13 May 2025
On a bluff high above the bloodstained shores, service units—often made up of African American soldiers—began the arduous process of digging graves.
—Blane Bachelor, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2025
Video showed bloodstained children dressed in school uniforms and other people lying on the ground and under the vehicle, which crashed into a tree near the school gate.
—Peter Guo, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodstained
Adjective
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Fox's nails may have been dipped in blood (red nail polish), but the rest of her look was soft and sweet—a fun contrast against the bloody gown.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
27 Oct. 2025
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His trial lasted seven weeks and included testimonies from some of his former hit men, including John Veasey, who helped to prove that Stanfa had directed a bloody campaign against Merlino, per UPI.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Raptors crowd, generally decked out in red, black, gold, purple, white and some of the other colours the Raptors have featured over the years, sported far more blue than usual on Friday.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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All colors—black, green, pink, pistachio, red, blue, and white—have the wide lines running down the sides in contrasting colors.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Chickens with reddish-brown feathers and red earlobes tend to lay brown eggs.—
Lindsey DeSoto,
Health,
23 Oct. 2025
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Turbulence in Lake Nyos changes the color from clear blue to mud-brown or reddish from iron sediments.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Bloodstained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodstained. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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