bloody
Meanings
Plural: bloodies
Verb
- cover with blood
- "bloody your hands"
- To stain with blood.
- To draw blood from (one's opponent) in a fight.
- To demonstrably harm (the cause of an opponent).
Adjective
- having or covered with or accompanied by blood
- "a bloody nose"
- "your scarf is all bloody"
- "the effects will be violent and probably bloody"
- "a bloody fight"
Adjective Satellite
- informal intensifiers
- "a bloody fool"
Adverb
- extremely
- "you are bloody right"
Adj
- Covered in blood.
- Characterised by bloodshed.
- Used as an intensifier.
- Badly behaved; unpleasant; beastly.
Adv
- Used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or for emphasis.
Noun
- bloody mary
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English blody, blodi, from Old English blōdiġ, blōdeġ (“bloody”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdag, from Proto-Germanic *blōþagaz (“bloody”), equivalent to blood + -y. Cognate with Dutch bloedig (“bloody”), German blutig (“bloody”), Danish blodig (“bloody”), Swedish blodig (“bloody”), Icelandic blóðugur (“bloody”). See Wikipedia for thoughts on sense evolution.
Synonyms
all-fired, bally, blasted, bleeding, blinking, bloodied, bloody well, blooming, crashing, damn, damned, dang, darned, doggone, flaming, freaking, fricking, frigging, fucking, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, godforsaken, gory, rotten, sanguinolent, wretched
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
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