Thesaurus: bloody
Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood; as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat.
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Definitions
- a. Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood; as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat.
- a. Smeared or stained with blood; as, bloody hands; a bloody handkerchief.
- a. Given, or tending, to the shedding of blood; having a cruel, savage disposition; murderous; cruel.
- a. Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp., marked by great slaughter or cruelty; as, a bloody battle.
- a. Infamous; contemptible; -- variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet.
- v. t. To stain with blood.
- adj. having or covered with or accompanied by blood
- adj. informal intensifiers
- adv. extremely
- v. cover with blood
- To stain with blood. Overbury.