Thesaurus results for BLOODSTAINED

bloodstained

adjective

ˈbləd-ˌstānd

Definition of bloodstained

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 Investigators described a foul-smelling place with bags and bottles of fetuses and jars of body parts, along with bloodstained furniture and dirty medical instruments. — ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026 Police said when Michals was arrested, he was found with bloodstained clothes in his residence. — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025 Grab a seat on the couch by antique rugs and a faux brick wall, or flip some tarot cards from their collection in a room that appears to have bloodstained walls. — Jennifer Billock, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025 Israeli special forces, ambulances and rescue workers rushed to the attack site where bloodstained pavements were littered with shattered glass from bus windows damaged in the shooting. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bloodstained

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Just a bloody shard of metal on the ground in an empty house by the time the Lioness team gets to it.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2026
Other reasons to consider getting medical attention would include bloody diarrhea, diarrhea lasting more than two days or a high fever above 102 degrees Fahrenheit.

— Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of bloody

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The bedroom is on floor one, the first door on the right (that door, by the way, has three peepholes carved seemingly at random), and is bedecked in reddish wood.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
There are now more than 140 tree species commercialized as rosewoods, all with lustrous, dense and typically reddish wood.

— Chenier Carpio Opua, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of reddish

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