BLOODY


Meaning of BLOODY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ blʌdi ]

( bloodier, bloodiest, bloodies, bloodying, bloodied)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

Bloody is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying, especially when they are angry. ( BRIT RUDE )

ADJ : usu ADJ n [ emphasis ]

2.

If you describe a situation or event as bloody , you mean that it is very violent and a lot of people are killed.

Forty-three demonstrators were killed in bloody clashes...

They came to power in 1975 after a bloody civil war.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

• bloodi‧ly

Rebellions in the area were bloodily repressed by pro-government forces.

ADV : ADV with v

3.

You can describe someone or something as bloody if they are covered in a lot of blood.

He was arrested last October still carrying a bloody knife...

Yulka’s fingers were bloody and cracked.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

• bloodi‧ly

The soldier reeled bloodily away.

ADV : ADV with v

4.

If you have bloodied part of your body, there is blood on it, usually because you have had an accident or you have been attacked.

One of our children fell and bloodied his knee...

She stared at her own bloodied hands, unable to think or move.

VERB : V n , V-ed

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