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bloody

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See also: -bloody-

English

 
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Etymology 1

From Middle English blody, blodi, from Old English blōdiġ, blōdeġ (“bloody”), from Proto-Germanic *blōþagaz (“bloody”), equivalent to blood +‎ -y. Cognate with Dutch bloedig (“bloody”), German blutig (“bloody”), Danish blodig (“bloody”), Swedish blodig (“bloody”), Icelandic blóðugur (“bloody”). See Wikipedia for thoughts on sense evolution.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ʌdi
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Adjective

bloody (comparative bloodier, superlative bloodiest)

  1. Covered in blood.
    Synonyms: bleeding, bloodied, gory, sanguinolent
    All that remained of his right hand after the accident was a bloody stump.
    • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
      And, as she fled, her mantle she did fall, / Which Lion vile with bloody mouth did stain.
    • 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 119:
      O Antony! Begge not your death of vs: / Though now we muſt appeare bloody and cruell, / As by our hands, and this our preſent Acte / You ſee we do: Yet ſee you but our hands, / And this, the bleeding buſineſſe they haue done:
  2. Characterised by bloodshed.
    There have been bloody battles between the two tribes.
  3. (informal, rare in Canada, US, common in Newfoundland, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India, South Africa mildly vulgar) Used as an intensifier.
    Traffic in central London was a bloody mess this morning.
    • 1916 May 31, David Beatty during the Battle of Jutland:
      There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today.
    • 1994, Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos, page 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.
    • 2003, Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, page 64
      You are not to go asking anyone about who killed that bloody dog.
    • 2007, James MacFarlane, Avenge My Kin, Book 2: A Time of Testing, page 498
      “You bloody fool, I could′ve stabbed you in the heart,” David said in mock anger, and then smiled widely.
  4. (dated) Badly behaved; unpleasant; beastly.
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Adverb

bloody (comparative more bloody, superlative most bloody)

  1. (rare in US, Canada, common in Newfoundland, UK, Ireland, South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, intensifier, now vulgar) Used to express anger, annoyance, shock, or for emphasis.
    Synonyms: bloody well, bally, blasted, bleeding, blooming
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Verb

bloody (third-person singular simple present bloodies, present participle bloodying, simple past and past participle bloodied)

  1. (transitive) To stain with blood.
    The butcher often bloodied his apron in the course of his work.
  2. (transitive) To draw blood from (one's opponent) in a fight.
  3. (transitive) To demonstrably harm (the cause of an opponent). (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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Etymology 2

Clipping of bloody mary

Noun

bloody (plural bloodies)

  1. (informal) bloody mary

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