What does "bloody" mean?
Bloody: Smeared or stained with blood; as, bloody hands; a bloody handkerchief.
Additional senses
- 2.Given, or tending, to the shedding of blood; having a cruel, savage disposition; murderous; cruel. Some bloody passion shakes your very frame. Shak.
- 3.Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp., marked by great slaughter or cruelty; as, a bloody battle.
- 4.Infamous; contemptible; -- variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet. [Vulgar] Thackeray.
- 5.To stain with blood. Overbury.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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