I. ˈblə-dē adjective
( blood·i·er ; -est )
Date: before 12th century
1.
a. : containing or made up of blood
b. : of or contained in the blood
2. : smeared or stained with blood
3. : accompanied by or involving bloodshed ; especially : marked by great slaughter
4.
a. : murderous
b. : merciless , cruel
5. : bloodred
6. sometimes vulgar : damned — often used as an intensive
• blood·i·ly ˈblə-d ə l-ē adverb
• blood·i·ness ˈblə-dē-nəs noun
Synonyms:
bloody , sanguinary , gory mean affected by or involving the shedding of blood. bloody is applied especially to things that are actually covered with blood or are made up of blood
bloody hands
sanguinary applies especially to something attended by, or someone inclined to, bloodshed
the Civil War was America's most sanguinary conflict
gory suggests a profusion of blood and slaughter
exceptionally gory, even for a horror movie
II. transitive verb
( blood·ied ; bloody·ing )
Date: 1530
1. : to make bloody or bloodred
2. : harm , damage
an administration bloodied by scandal
III. adverb
Date: 1661
sometimes vulgar — used as an intensive