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blood·y

Audio Help [bluhd-ee] Pronunciation Key adjective, blood·i·er, blood·i·est, verb, blood·ied, blood·y·ing, adverb

–adjective

1.	stained or covered with blood: a bloody handkerchief.

2.	bleeding: a bloody nose.

3.	characterized by bloodshed: bloody battle; a bloody rule.

4.	inclined to bloodshed; bloodthirsty: a bloody dictator.

5.	of, pertaining to, or resembling blood; containing or composed of blood: bloody tissue.

6.	Slang. (used as an intensifier): a bloody shame; a bloody nuisance.

–verb (used with object)

7.	to stain or smear with blood.

8.	to cause to bleed, as by a blow or accident: to bloody someone's nose.

–adverb

9.	Slang. (used as an intensifier): bloody awful; bloody wonderful.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME blody, OE blōdig. See blood, -y¹

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—Related forms

blood·i·ly, adverb

blood·i·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1–3. sanguinary, ensanguined, gory. 4. murderous, homicidal; savage, brutal, ferocious; cruel, inhuman, ruthless.

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blood·y Audio Help (blŭd'ē) Pronunciation Key
adj. blood·i·er, blood·i·est

Stained with blood.
Of, characteristic of, or containing blood.
Accompanied by or giving rise to bloodshed: a bloody fight.
Bloodthirsty.
Suggesting the color of blood; blood-red.
Chiefly British Slang Used as an intensive: "Everyone wants to have a convict in his bloody family tree" (Robert Hughes).