bloody

IPA: bɫˈʌdi

noun

  • (informal) bloody mary

verb

  • (transitive) To stain with blood.
  • (transitive) To draw blood from (one's opponent) in a fight.
  • (transitive) To demonstrably harm (the cause of an opponent).

adjective

  • Covered in blood.
  • Characterised by bloodshed.
  • (informal, Britain, Ireland, Newfoundland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Hawaii, mildly vulgar) Used as an intensifier.
  • (dated) Badly behaved; unpleasant; beastly.

adverb

  • (informal, Britain, Ireland, Newfoundland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, mildly vulgar) Used to express anger, annoyance, shock, or for emphasis.
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Examples of "bloody" in Sentences

  • I'm in the middle of a bloody overdose.
  • Bloody terror became the order of the day.
  • The long and bloody war in the Pacific was over.
  • The closest is the review from Bloody Disgusting.
  • The ghost of Slytherin house is The Bloody Baron.
  • He's a bloody Sinologist turned political scientist.
  • The battle of the Bloody Marsh was nothing but a sideshow.
  • The image on the left is Geranium sanguineum, the bloody cranesbill.
  • Americans glamorize a bloody war while the French solemnly reflect in peace.
  • Why is sexual philandering judged more harshly than our treacherous, bloody and failed war making

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