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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
Adjective
[bloodier, bloodiest]
1. covered with blood
2. marked by much killing and bloodshed: a bloody war
3. cruel or murderous: a bloody tyrant
Adjective, adv
Slang extreme or extremely: a bloody fool, a bloody good idea
Verb
[bloodies, bloodying, bloodied]
to stain with blood
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 2. bloodstained, raw, bleeding, blood-soaked, blood-spattered
Translations
bloody [ˈblʌdɪ] adjsangriento;
(BRIT) (col!): this bloody... → este condenado or puñetero or fregado (LAM) ... (!)
adv (BRIT) (col!): bloody strong/good → terriblemente fuerte/bueno
bloody [ˈblʌdɪ] blood adjsanglant(e);
(Brit) (inf!);
this bloody ... → ce foutu ..., ce putain de ... (!) adv bloody strong/good (Brit) (inf!) → vachement or sacrément fort/bon
bloody [ˈblʌdɪ] adjblutig;
(Brit) (inf!);
this bloody ... → diese(r, s) verdammte ...;
bloody strong (inf!) → verdammt stark;
bloody good (inf!) → echt gut
bloody [ˈblʌdɪ] adjsanguinoso/a;
(BRIT ) (col!): this bloody ... → questo maledetto ...;
a bloody awful day (col!) → una giornata di merda (!);
bloody good (col!) → maledettamente buono


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At a crisis like the present, when Queen Elizabeth, that maiden monarch, weeps within her tomb, and Bloody Mary, with a brow of gloom and shadow, stalks triumphant--'
But my invention now ran quite another way; for night and day I could think of nothing but how I might destroy some of the monsters in their cruel, bloody entertainment, and if possible save the victim they should bring hither to destroy.
No words, no tears, no prayers, from his gory victim, seemed to move his iron heart from its bloody purpose.
 
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