Definitions for Bloody
ˈblʌd iBloody

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bloody(adj)

   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"

2. bally(a), blinking(a), bloody(a), blooming(a), crashing(a), flaming(a), fucking(a)(verb)

   informal intensifiers

   "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"

3. bloody(adverb)

   cover with blood

   "bloody your hands"

4. bloody, damn, all-fired(adverb)

   extremely

   "you are bloody right"; "Why are you so all-fired aggressive?"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bloody(Verb)

   To draw blood from one's opponent in a fight.

   Etymology: From blodig, from blod + -ig

2. bloody(Verb)

   To demonstrably harm the cause of an opponent.

   Etymology: From blodig, from blod + -ig

3. bloody(Adverb)

   Used to intensify what follows this adverb.

   1994: Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos, 109 - "Dice are no bloody good," David said.

   Etymology: From blodig, from blod + -ig

4. bloody(Adjective)

   Covered in blood.

   All that remained of his right hand after the accident was a bloody stump.

   Etymology: From blodig, from blod + -ig

5. bloody(Adjective)

   Characterised by bloodshed.

   There have been bloody battles between the two tribes.

   Etymology: From blodig, from blod + -ig

6. bloody(Adjective)

   Used as an intensifier.

   Etymology: From blodig, from blod + -ig

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bloody(adj)

   containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood; as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat

2. Bloody(adj)

   smeared or stained with blood; as, bloody hands; a bloody handkerchief

3. Bloody(adj)

   given, or tending, to the shedding of blood; having a cruel, savage disposition; murderous; cruel

4. Bloody(adj)

   attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp., marked by great slaughter or cruelty; as, a bloody battle

5. Bloody(adj)

   infamous; contemptible; -- variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet

6. Bloody(verb)

   to stain with blood

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bloody

   Bloody is a commonly used expletive attributive in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth and ex-Commonwealth countries, including Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Anglophone Caribbean, India, and Pakistan.

Etymology and Origins(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bloody

   The addiction of the vulgar to the use of this adjective on all occasions has made it low and reprehensible. Anciently, however, it was employed in a most reverential sense, relative to the Blood of Christ--e.g. the “Bloody Sacrifice of the Mass.”

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Bloody' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3523

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Bloody' in Written Corpus Frequency: #378

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Bloody' in Adverbs Frequency: #289

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Bloody' in Adjectives Frequency: #260

Anagrams for Bloody »

1. old boy

How to pronounce Bloody?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Bloody in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Bloody in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Bloody in a Sentence

1. Asma Aziz:

   He took my clothes off in front of his servants. The servants held me as he shaved my hair off and burned it. My clothes were bloody. I was bound by a pipe and hung from the fan. He threatened to hang me naked.

2. John Gay:

   Those who in quarrels interpose, must often wipe a bloody nose.

3. Ed Conway:

   Rupert Murdoch: if [Boris] backtracks on serious things there'll be another bloody revolt #TimesCeoSummit.

4. Rod Dunn:

   It's a good place too, i should know, I built the bloody place.

5. Boris Johnson:

   Imagine Trump doing Brexit, he'd go in bloody hard ... There'd be all sorts of breakdowns, all sorts of chaos. Everyone would think he'd gone mad. But actually you might get somewhere. It's a very, very good thought.

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