English Explanatory Dictionary

bloody

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Covered in blood.
  2. Characterised by bloodshed.
  3. Used as an intensifier.
  4. Badly behaved; unpleasant; beastly.
adv
  1. Used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or for emphasis.
verb
  1. To stain with blood.
  2. To draw blood from (one's opponent) in a fight.
  3. To demonstrably harm (the cause of an opponent).
noun
  1. Ellipsis of bloody mary.

Pronunciation

/ˈblʌ.diː/ /ˈblɜ.ɖiː/ /ˈblɪ.diː/ en-us-bloody.ogg en-uk-bloody.ogg EN-AU ck1 bloody.ogg

Word forms

bloody bloodier bloodiest bloudy bl**dy more bloody most bloody bloodies bloodying bloodied

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 Saterland Frisian bläidich, blöidig, blouderch (“bloody”), West Frisian bloedich (“bloody”), Dutch bloedig (“bloody”), German Low German blödig (“bloody”), German blutig (“bloody”), Danish blodig (“bloody”), Swedish blodig (“bloody”), Faroese blóðigur (“bloody”), Icelandic blóðugur (“bloody”). See Wikipedia for thoughts on sense evolution.

Synonyms

bleeding bloodied gory sanguinolent 4ucking accursed bally blasted bleeping blessed blimming blinking bloody blooming confounded consarned cotton-picking cowson cursed dadburn dadgum dagnabbed damn damnable damned dang danged darn darned dashed deuced doggone dratted effing ever-loving fecking flaming flipping freaking fricking frigging fucking fudging fugging furshlugginer jiggered goddam goddamn goddamned goddarned godforsaken goldurn gormed goshdarn goshdarned hecking holy infernal living mollyfogging

Derived words

bebloody bloodily bloodiness bloody back Bloody Caesar Bloody Code bloody dock bloody 'ell bloody flux bloody-handed bloody-handedly bloody-handedness bloody heck bloody hell bloodyish bloody mary bloody-minded bloody-mindedly bloody-mindedness bloody Nora bloody nose bloody-nosed beetle bloody noun bloody oath bloody show bloody sweat bloody up bloody-warrior bloody warrior bloody William give someone a bloody nose mucobloody my bloody oath nonbloody raw-head and bloody-bones scream bloody murder unbloody wave the bloody shirt
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