Bloody
WordNet
adjective
(1) 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"
adverb
(2) Extremely
"You are bloody right"
"Why are you so all-fired aggressive?"
verb
(3) Cover with blood
"Bloody your hands"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From , from +
Adjective
- Covered in blood.
- All that remained of his right hand after the accident was a bloody stump.
- Characterised by great bloodshed.
- There have been bloody battles between the two tribes.
- Used as an intensifier.
- 1994: Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos, 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.
Synonyms
bleeding, bloodied, gory damn, damned, goddam or goddamn, goddamned, bally, blasted, bleeding, blinking, blooming, fucking- See also Wikisaurus:damned
Adverb
- Used to intensify what follows this adverb.
- 1994: Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos, 109 - "Dice are no bloody good," David said.
Verb
- To draw blood from one's opponent in a fight.
- To demonstrably harm the cause of an opponent.