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bloody
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blood·y  (bld)
adj. blood·i·er, blood·i·est
1. Stained with blood.
2. Of, characteristic of, or containing blood.
3. Accompanied by or giving rise to bloodshed: a bloody fight.
4. Bloodthirsty.
5. Suggesting the color of blood; blood-red.
6. Chiefly British Slang Used as an intensive: "Everyone wants to have a convict in his bloody family tree" (Robert Hughes).
adv.
Chiefly British Slang Used as an intensive: bloody well right.
tr.v. blood·ied, blood·y·ing, blood·ies
1. To stain, spot, or color with or as if with blood.
2. To make bleed, as by injuring or wounding: The troops were bloodied in the skirmish.

bloodi·ly adv.
bloodi·ness n.

bloody [ˈblʌdɪ]
adj bloodier, bloodiest
1. covered or stained with blood
2. resembling or composed of blood
3. marked by much killing and bloodshed a bloody war
4. cruel or murderous a bloody tyrant
5. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) of a deep red colour; blood-red
adv & adj
Slang chiefly Brit (intensifier) a bloody fool bloody fine food
vb bloodies, bloodying, bloodied
(tr) to stain with blood
bloodily  adv
bloodiness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.bloody - cover with blood; "bloody your hands"
spread over, cover - form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave"
Adj.1.bloody - 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"
merciless, unmerciful - having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating"
bloodless - free from blood or bloodshed; "bloodless surgery"; "a bloodless coup"
2.bloody - informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"
unmitigated - not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie"
Adv.1.bloody - extremely; "you are bloody right"; "Why are you so all-fired aggressive?"
intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"

bloody
adjective
1. (Slang) damned, flaming, fucking (taboo slang), bleeding, blooming, freaking (slang, chiefly U.S.), rotten, blinking, confounded, ruddy, infernal, deuced, wretched, frigging (taboo slang) I just assumed they were bloody idiot tourists.
2. cruel, fierce, savage, brutal, vicious, ferocious, cut-throat, warlike, barbarous, sanguinary Forty-three demonstrators were killed in bloody chaos.
3. bloodstained, raw, bleeding, blood-soaked, blood-spattered His fingers were bloody and cracked.
Translations
bloody [ˈblʌdɪ]
A. ADJ (bloodier (compar) (bloodiest (superl)))
1. (lit) (= bloodstained) [hands, dress] → ensangrentado, manchado de sangre; (= cruel) [battle] → sangriento, cruento(frm); [steak] → sanguinolento
her fingers were cracked and bloodysus dedos estaban agrietados y sangraban
to give sb a bloody noseromper la nariz a algn
2. (Brit) shut the bloody door!¡cierra la puerta, coño!, ¡me cago en diez, cierra esa puerta!
that bloody dog!¡ese puñetero perro!
you bloody idiot!¡maldito imbécil!
I'm a bloody genius!¡la leche, soy un genio!, ¡joder, qué genio soy!
bloody hell!¡maldita sea!, ¡joder!
B. ADV (Brit) not bloody likely!¡ni hablar!, ¡ni de coña!
he can bloody well do it himself!¡que lo haga él, leche! or coño!
that's no bloody good!¡me cago en la mar, eso no vale para nada!, ¡eso no vale para nada, joder!
it's a bloody awful placees un sitio asqueroso, es un sitio de mierda
he runs bloody fastcorre que se las pela, corre(de)la hostia
C. VT he had bloodied his knee when he fellse había hecho sangre en la rodilla al caer
she stared at her bloodied handsse miró las manos manchadas de sangre
he was bloodied but unbowed (fig) → había sufrido pero no se daba por vencido
D. CPD Bloody Mary Nbloody mary m

bloody [ˈblʌdi]
adj
[war, riot] → sanglant(e)
[knife, fingers] → ensanglanté(e); [nose] → en sang
(British) [man, woman, thing] → foutu(e) >
that bloody television → cette foutue télévision
bloody hell! → merde!
adv (British) (= really) bloody awful → totalement nul(le)
bloody good → vachement bon(ne), sacrément bon(ne)
bloody difficult → sacrément difficile
vt [+ knee, nose] → ensanglanter
Bloody Mary bloody mary [ˌblʌdiˈmɛəri] nbloody mary m
bloody-minded [ˌblʌdiˈmaɪndɪd] adj (British) [person] → obstiné(e); [determination, persistence] → obstiné(e); [attitude] → buté(e)

bloody
adj (+er)
(lit) nose, bandage, battleblutig; to give somebody a bloody nose (fig) (in contest) → jdm einen Denkzettel verpassen; (in war) → jdm eine Niederlage beibringen
(Brit inf: = damned) → verdammt (inf), → Scheiß- (inf); (in positive sense) genius, wonderecht (inf), → verdammt (inf); it was a bloody nuisance/waste of timeMann or Mensch, das war vielleicht ein Quatsch (inf)or Scheiß (inf)/das war reine Zeitverschwendung; it was there all the bloody timeMann (inf)or Mensch (inf)or Scheiße (inf), → das war schon die ganze Zeit da; I haven’t got any bloody timeverdammt noch mal, ich hab keine Zeit (inf); he hasn’t got a bloody hopeMensch or Mann, der hat doch überhaupt keine Chance (inf); bloody hell!verdammt! (inf), → Scheiße! (inf); (in indignation) → verdammt noch mal! (inf); (in amazement) → Menschenskind! (inf), → meine Fresse! (sl); he is a bloody marveler ist echt or verdammt gut (inf)
(inf, = awful) → gräulich (inf); person, behaviourabscheulich
adv (Brit inf) → verdammt (inf), → saumäßig (inf); hot, cold, stupidsau- (inf); (in positive sense) good, brilliantecht (inf), → verdammt (inf); that’s bloody useless, that’s no bloody gooddas ist doch Scheiße (inf); not bloody likelyda ist überhaupt nichts drin (inf); he can bloody well do it himselfdas soll er schön alleine machen, verdammt noch mal! (inf)
vtblutig machen

bloody [ˈblʌdɪ]
1. adj
a. (bleeding) → sanguinante, che sanguina; (bloodstained) → insanguinato/a; (cruel, battle, feud) → sanguinoso/a
b. (Brit) (fam) → maledetto/a, dannato/a
this bloody ... → questo maledetto...
bloody good → maledettamente buono/a
a bloody awful day → una giornata di merda
bloody hell! → porca miseria!
I'm a bloody genius! → madonna, che genio che sono!
2. adv (Brit) (fam) that's no bloody good!questo non serve a un cavolo!
she runs bloody fast! → cavolo, se corre veloce!

bloody [ˈblʌdɪ]
1. adj
a. (bleeding) → sanguinante, che sanguina; (bloodstained) → insanguinato/a; (cruel, battle, feud) → sanguinoso/a
b. (Brit) (fam) → maledetto/a, dannato/a
this bloody ... → questo maledetto...
bloody good → maledettamente buono/a
a bloody awful day → una giornata di merda
bloody hell! → porca miseria!
I'm a bloody genius! → madonna, che genio che sono!
2. adv (Brit) (fam) that's no bloody good!questo non serve a un cavolo!
she runs bloody fast! → cavolo, se corre veloce!

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