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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
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 bloody → sus dedos estaban agrietados y sangraban to give sb a bloody nose → romper la nariz a algn 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 place → es un sitio asqueroso, es un sitio de mierda he runs bloody fast → corre que se las pela, corre(de)la hostia C. VT he had bloodied his knee when he fell → se había hecho sangre en la rodilla al caer she stared at her bloodied hands → se miró las manos manchadas de sangre he was bloodied but unbowed (fig) → había sufrido pero no se daba por vencido D. CPD Bloody Mary N → bloody 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] n → bloody mary m bloody-minded [ˌblʌdiˈmaɪndɪd] adj (British) [person] → obstiné(e); [determination, persistence] → obstiné(e); [attitude] → buté(e) bloody adj (+er) (lit) nose, bandage, battle → blutig; 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, wonder → echt (inf), → verdammt (inf); it was a bloody nuisance/waste of time → Mann or Mensch, das war vielleicht ein Quatsch (inf) → or Scheiß (inf) → /das war reine Zeitverschwendung; it was there all the bloody time → Mann (inf) → or Mensch (inf) → or Scheiße (inf), → das war schon die ganze Zeit da; I haven’t got any bloody time → verdammt noch mal, ich hab keine Zeit (inf); he hasn’t got a bloody hope → Mensch 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 marvel → er ist echt or verdammt gut (inf) adv (Brit inf) → verdammt (inf), → saumäßig (inf); hot, cold, stupid → sau- (inf); (in positive sense) good, brilliant → echt (inf), → verdammt (inf); that’s bloody useless, that’s no bloody good → das ist doch Scheiße (inf); not bloody likely → da ist überhaupt nichts drin (inf); he can bloody well do it himself → das soll er schön alleine machen, verdammt noch mal! (inf) bloody [ˈblʌdɪ] 1. adj a. (bleeding) → sanguinante, che sanguina; (bloodstained) → insanguinato/a; (cruel, battle, feud) → sanguinoso/a 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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