dictionary definitions for "bloody"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  bloody
      adj 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"
             [ant: bloodless]
      2: (used of persons) informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or
         blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore";
         "you flaming idiot" [syn: {bally(a)}, {blinking(a)},
         {bloody(a)}, {blooming(a)}, {crashing(a)}, {flaming(a)},
         {fucking(a)}]
      adv : extremely; "you are bloody right"; "Why are you so all-fired
            aggressive?" [syn: damn, all-fired]
      v : cover with blood; "bloody your hands"

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bloody \Blood"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bloodied; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Bloodying.]
     To stain with blood. --Overbury.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bloody \Blood"y\, a. [AS. bl[=o]dig.]
     1. Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood;
        as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat.
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     2. Smeared or stained with blood; as, bloody hands; a bloody
        handkerchief.
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     3. Given, or tending, to the shedding of blood; having a
        cruel, savage disposition; murderous; cruel.
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              Some bloody passion shakes your very frame. --Shak.
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     4. Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp.,
        marked by great slaughter or cruelty; as, a bloody battle.
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     5. Infamous; contemptible; -- variously used for mere
        emphasis or as a low epithet. [Vulgar] --Thackeray.
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