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English
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
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.
Pronunciation
Adjective
bloody (comparative bloodier, superlative bloodiest)
- Covered in blood.
- Synonyms: bleeding, bloodied, gory, sanguinolent
All that remained of his right hand after the accident was a bloody stump.
c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :And, as she fled, her mantle she did fall, / Which Lion vile with bloody mouth did stain.
1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 119:O Antony! Begge not your death of vs: / Though now we muſt appeare bloody and cruell, / As by our hands, and this our preſent Acte / You ſee we do: Yet ſee you but our hands, / And this, the bleeding buſineſſe they haue done:
- Characterised by bloodshed.
There have been bloody battles between the two tribes.
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 336:Some bloody paſſion ſhakes your very Frame:
2007, Lucinda Mallows, Lucy Mallows, Slovakia: The Bradt Travel Guide, page 169:The story of Elizabeth Bathory is one of the bloodiest in history.
- (informal, British, Ireland, Commonwealth, Hawaii, mildly vulgar) Used as an intensifier.
Traffic in central London was a bloody mess this morning.
- 1916 May 31, David Beatty during the Battle of Jutland:
- There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today.
1994, Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos, page 519:Try to keep those bloody women's bloody heads on their bloody shoulders by somehow helping them make this whole mad impossible scheme actually work.
- 2007, James MacFarlane, Avenge My Kin, Book 2: A Time of Testing, page 498
- “You bloody fool, I could′ve stabbed you in the heart,” David said in mock anger, and then smiled widely.
2024 January 24, Dyan Perry talks to Nick Brodrick, “The industry has given me so much”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 45:With 109km of fixed infrastructure, of which only 50% is utilised, Perry's message is simple: "put more bloody trains on it!"
- (dated) Badly behaved; unpleasant; beastly.
Synonyms
- (intensifier): bally, blasted, bleeding (chiefly Cockney), blinking, blooming, damn, damned, dang, darned, doggone, flaming, freaking, fricking, frigging, fucking, goddam / goddamn, goddamned, godforsaken (rare), rotten, wretched
- See also Thesaurus:damned
Derived terms
Translations
covered in blood
- Ainu: ケムㇱ (kemus)
- Armenian: արյունոտ (hy) (aryunot)
- Aromanian: sãndzinos
- Basque: odoltsu
- Belarusian: крыва́вы (kryvávy), акрыва́ўленны (akryváŭljenny), скрыва́ўлены (skryváŭljeny)
- Bengali: রক্তাক্ত (bn) (roktakto)
- Breton: gwadek (br)
- Bulgarian: кърва́в (bg) (kǎrváv), кървя́щ (bg) (kǎrvjášt), окърва́вен (bg) (okǎrváven)
- Catalan: sagnant (ca)
- Cebuano: dugoon
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 血污的 (xuèwū de, xuěwū de, xiěwū de)
- Cornish: gosek
- Czech: krvavý (cs), zakrvácený, zkrvavený
- Danish: blodig (da)
- Dutch: bloederig (nl), bebloed (nl)
- Esperanto: sanga
- Faroese: blóðutur, blóðigur, blóðugur
- Finnish: verinen (fi)
- French: sanglant (fr), ensanglanté (fr)
- Friulian: sanganôs
- Galician: sanguento
- Georgian: სისხლიანი (sisxliani), გასისხლიანებული (gasisxlianebuli)
- German: blutig (de)
- Greek: ματωμένος (el) m (matoménos)
- Ancient: αἱματηρός (haimatērós)
- Hebrew: מגואל בדם m (megoál bedám), עקוב מדם m (akov midám)
- Hittite: 𒅖𒄩𒉡𒉿𒀭𒍝 (iš-ḫa-nu-wa-an-za)
- Hungarian: véres (hu)
- Icelandic: blóðugur (is)
- Irish: fuilteach, flann, fordhearg, fuilí
- Old Irish: fuilech
- Italian: sanguinante (it), cruento (it), insanguinato (it)
- Japanese: 血塗れ (ja) (ちまみれ, chimamire), 血まみれの (ちまみれの, chimamire no)
- Kapampangan: maraya, madaya
- Khmer: ប្រឡាក់ឈាម (prɑlak cʰiem)
- Korean: 피투성이의 (pituseong'iui), 핏자국이 있는 (pitjagugi inneun)
- Kyrgyz: канга боёлгон (ky) (kanga boyolgon), кандуу (ky) (kanduu)
- Latin: sanguineus, sanguinans, cruentus
- Latvian: asiņains
- Luxembourgish: bluddeg
- Macedonian: кр́вав (kŕvav), кр́вјосан (kŕvjosan), скр́вавен (skŕvaven)
- Malay: berdarah
- Maori: hūtoto
- Occitan: sagnós (oc)
- Plautdietsch: bloodrich
- Polish: krwawy (pl), zakrwawiony (pl)
- Portuguese: ensanguentado (pt) m
- Romanian: sângeros (ro)
- Russian: окрова́вленный (ru) (okrovávlennyj), крова́вый (ru) (krovávyj)
- Sardinian: sambenosu
- Scots: bluidy
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: кр̏вав
- Roman: kȑvav (sh)
- Slovak: krvavý, zakrvavený
- Slovene: krvav (sl)
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: kšawny, kšawowaty
- Southern Altai: канду (kandu)
- Spanish: sangriento (es), ensangrentado (es), sanguinolento (es), cruento (es), sangrante (es)
- Swedish: blodig (sv)
- Tagalog: madugo
- Turkish: kanlı (tr)
- Ukrainian: закрива́влений (zakryvávlenyj), крива́вий (kryvávyj)
- Vietnamese: máu me (vi)
- Welsh: gwaedlyd (cy)
- Yiddish: בלוטיק (blutik)
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characterised by great bloodshed
- Armenian: արյունոտ (hy) (aryunot)
- Azerbaijani: qanlı
- Belarusian: крыва́вы (kryvávy), кровапралíтны (króvapralítny), кравапралíтны (kravapralítny)
- Bulgarian: кърва́в (bg) (kǎrváv)
- Catalan: sagnant (ca)
- Czech: krvavý (cs)
- Danish: blodig (da)
- Dutch: bloedig (nl), bloederig (nl)
- Esperanto: sangema
- Finnish: verinen (fi)
- French: sanglant (fr) m, sanglante (fr) f
- Galician: sanguento
- Georgian: სისხლიანი (sisxliani), სისხლისმღვრელი (sisxlismɣvreli)
- German: blutig (de)
- Greek: αιματηρός (el) m (aimatirós)
- Hungarian: véres (hu)
- Icelandic: blóðugur (is)
- Irish: dearg (ga), crólinnteach, fuilteach
- Italian: cruento (it), sanguinoso (it)
- Japanese: 流血の (ja) (りゅうけつの, ryūketsu no)
- Latvian: asiņains
- Macedonian: кр́вав (kŕvav), крвопроле́вачки (krvoprolévački)
- Persian: خونین (fa) (xunin)
- Plautdietsch: bloodrich
- Polish: krwawy (pl)
- Portuguese: sangrento m
- Romanian: sângeros (ro), crunt (ro)
- Russian: крова́вый (ru) (krovávyj), кровопроли́тный (ru) (krovoprolítnyj)
- Slovak: krvavý
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: kšawny
- Southern Altai: канду (kandu)
- Spanish: sangriento (es), cruento (es), sanguinolento (es), encarnizado (es)
- Swedish: blodig (sv)
- Turkish: kanlı (tr), hunhar (tr)
- Ukrainian: крива́вий (kryvávyj), кровопроли́тний (krovoprolýtnyj)
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intensifier
- Afrikaans: blêrrie, verdomde, verdekselse
- Belarusian: чо́ртаў (čórtaŭ), яба́ны (jabány) (vulgar)
- Catalan: maleït (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 殘忍的/残忍的 (zh) (cánrěn de)
- Czech: zatracený (cs)
- Danish: forbandet (da), skide (da) (vulgar), blodig (da) (injustice)
- Dutch: (only with idiot) stomme (nl)
- Finnish: hiton, perhanan, saakelin, helkkarin
- French: foutu (fr) m, foutue (fr) f, maudit (fr) m, maudite (fr) f
- Galician: fodido, maldito
- German: verdammt (de), verflucht (de)
- Greek: βρωμο- (vromo-), παλιο- (el) (palio-)
- Indonesian: berengsek (id), bedebah (id)
- Italian: fottuto (it), maledetto (it)
- Japanese: 残酷な (ja) (ざんこくな, zankoku na)
- Macedonian: про́клет (próklet), е́бан (éban)
- Norwegian: jævla
- Polish: pieprzony (pl), cholerny (pl), kurewski (pl), jebany (pl) (vulgar)
- Portuguese: puto (pt) m, maldito (pt) m
- Russian: чёртовый (ru) (čórtovyj), ёбаный (ru) (jóbanyj) (vulgar), грёбаный (ru) (grjóbanyj) (euphemism), до́лбаный (ru) (dólbanyj)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: про̏кле̄т, про̀кле̄ти
- Roman: prȍklēt (sh) m, pròklēti (sh) m
- Slovak: (vulgar) pojebaný
- Spanish: jodido (es), maldito (es)
- Swedish: djävla (sv), förbannad (sv), sabla (sv), satans (sv)
- Thai: โคตร (th) (kôot)
- Turkish: lanet (tr), lanet olası, kahrolasıca
- Ukrainian: чо́ртів (čórtiv), чортя́чий (čortjáčyj), бі́сів (uk) (bísiv), ді́дьків (dídʹkiv), ї́баний (jíbanyj) (vulgar)
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Translations to be checked
Adverb
bloody (comparative more bloody, superlative most bloody)
- (informal, British, Ireland, Newfoundland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, mildly vulgar) Used to express anger, annoyance, shock, or for emphasis.
- Synonyms: bloody well, bally, blasted, bleeding, blooming
Translations
Verb
bloody (third-person singular simple present bloodies, present participle bloodying, simple past and past participle bloodied)
- (transitive) To stain with blood.
The butcher often bloodied his apron in the course of his work.
- (transitive) To draw blood from (one's opponent) in a fight.
- (transitive) To demonstrably harm (the cause of an opponent). (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Translations
Etymology 2
Clipping of bloody mary
Noun
bloody (plural bloodies)
- (informal) bloody mary
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