Bloody
adjective
Covered, smeared, or running with blood.
His hands were bloody after the fight.
Often appears as...
- bloody hands
- bloody crime scene
adverb
Used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis.
It's bloody hard to concentrate with all this noise.
Often appears as...
- bloody hard
- bloody murder
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
adjective
Involving violence or bloodshed.
It was a bloody battle that left many dead.
Often appears as...
- bloody battle
- bloody war
verb
Cover or stain with blood.
He bloody his hands with the raw effort.
Often appears as...
- bloody one's hands
- bloody the floor
adjective
Covered, smeared, or running with blood.
His hands were bloody after the fight.
Often appears as...
- bloody hands
- bloody crime scene
adverb
Used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis.
It's bloody hard to concentrate with all this noise.
Often appears as...
- bloody hard
- bloody murder
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
adjective
Involving violence or bloodshed.
It was a bloody battle that left many dead.
Often appears as...
- bloody battle
- bloody war
verb
Cover or stain with blood.
He bloody his hands with the raw effort.
Often appears as...
- bloody one's hands
- bloody the floor
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Literal Blood
Think of crime scenes or injuries when 'bloody' describes something literally covered in blood.
After the accident, his shirt was bloody.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Gruesome
The term can be used in less serious contexts, like a nosebleed or a small cut.
She had a bloody nose after the game.
Pro Tip 1/2Literal Blood
Think of crime scenes or injuries when 'bloody' describes something literally covered in blood.
After the accident, his shirt was bloody.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Gruesome
The term can be used in less serious contexts, like a nosebleed or a small cut.
She had a bloody nose after the game.
Pro Tip 1/2Literal Blood
Think of crime scenes or injuries when 'bloody' describes something literally covered in blood.
After the accident, his shirt was bloody.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Gruesome
The term can be used in less serious contexts, like a nosebleed or a small cut.
She had a bloody nose after the game.
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How the pandemic will...
Bill, I want to ask you something about what it's been like for you personally through this whole process. Because, weirdly, even though your passion and good intent on this topic seems completely bloody obvious to anyone who has spent a moment with you,
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Paddy Ashdown: The...
and the new look of the world, the new powers that exist in the world, are beginning to take form. And these are -- and we see it very clearly today -- nearly always highly turbulent times, highly difficult times, and all too often very bloody times.
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Never, ever give up PIPE...
It says, "You go ahead. You go ahead and sit back in your comfortable chair and you be the critic, you be the observer, while the brave one gets in the ring and engages and gets bloody and gets dirty and fails over and over and over again,
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Making peace is a...
and I believe that running can change the world. I know what I have just said is simply not obvious. You know, Lebanon as a country has been once destroyed by a long and bloody civil war. Honestly, I don't know why they call it civil war
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Why should you read...
and then meets a bloody end. Along the way, it asks important questions about ambition, power, and violence that spoke directly to the politics of Shakespeare's time and continue to echo in our own.
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Ferocious Hornet Moments...
allow precision navigation her fearsome jaw packed with muscle is a weapon her daughters will inherit and wield in bloody combat her wings bear the weight of her massive
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How to Survive a Grizzly...
next protected face protected about as stable as you can get you'll come out bruised and bloody but will come out a lot and that's how you survive a grizzly bear attack
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Speaking out against...
please bring our voices to the world I found work both while working in line and started to connect with women all over the world then the bloodiest
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Fighting with...
We can bring to an end the bloodiest century that humanity has ever known. And we can organize to overcome oppression by opening our hearts
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Prison Nation PIPE National...
they are the people society fears most a world of violence and coercion gang wars and bloody riots it's an entire nation
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How the pandemic will...
Bill, I want to ask you something about what it's been like for you personally through this whole process. Because, weirdly, even though your passion and good intent on this topic seems completely bloody obvious to anyone who has spent a moment with you,
Video examples
Paddy Ashdown: The...
and the new look of the world, the new powers that exist in the world, are beginning to take form. And these are -- and we see it very clearly today -- nearly always highly turbulent times, highly difficult times, and all too often very bloody times.
Video examples
Never, ever give up PIPE...
It says, "You go ahead. You go ahead and sit back in your comfortable chair and you be the critic, you be the observer, while the brave one gets in the ring and engages and gets bloody and gets dirty and fails over and over and over again,
Video examples
Making peace is a...
and I believe that running can change the world. I know what I have just said is simply not obvious. You know, Lebanon as a country has been once destroyed by a long and bloody civil war. Honestly, I don't know why they call it civil war
Video examples
Why should you read...
and then meets a bloody end. Along the way, it asks important questions about ambition, power, and violence that spoke directly to the politics of Shakespeare's time and continue to echo in our own.
Video examples
Ferocious Hornet Moments...
allow precision navigation her fearsome jaw packed with muscle is a weapon her daughters will inherit and wield in bloody combat her wings bear the weight of her massive
Video examples
How to Survive a Grizzly...
next protected face protected about as stable as you can get you'll come out bruised and bloody but will come out a lot and that's how you survive a grizzly bear attack
Video examples
Speaking out against...
please bring our voices to the world I found work both while working in line and started to connect with women all over the world then the bloodiest
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Fighting with...
We can bring to an end the bloodiest century that humanity has ever known. And we can organize to overcome oppression by opening our hearts
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Prison Nation PIPE National...
they are the people society fears most a world of violence and coercion gang wars and bloody riots it's an entire nation
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Bjorn Ulvaeus
Swedish Musician
I do think that it's better for a musical to live its life first because if you see it on the screen, would you like to go to the theater after that? Probably not. You've seen it. And that's the mystery of a musical that hasn't been filmed. You're bloody meant to go there and buy your ticket.
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Richard M. Nixon
American President
In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.
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Margaret Walker
American Poet
Let a new earth rise. Let another world be born. Let a bloody peace be written in the sky. Let a second generation full of courage issue forth; let a people loving freedom come to growth.
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Ben Nicholson
British Artist
When I left school I went on trip around the world - I only got as far as Australia, but like a bloody fool I cut it short because of a girl. It's probably one of my big regrets in life.
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Christopher Eccleston
English Actor
I want to direct but I think I'd be bloody awful and I don't want to produce but I think I'd be a very good producer because if I believed in something I'd be able to protect it.
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Katharine Hepburn
American Actress
Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around.
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James P. Gorman
American Businessman
I certainly have no regret living in the U.S. The quality of life in Australia is good, but it is bloody good here as well.
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Michael Caine
English Actor
Comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write.
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Brian Eno
British Musician
I'm bloody awful at multi-tasking.
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Kate Winslet
Actress
Acting is bloody scary.
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Bjorn Ulvaeus
Swedish Musician
I do think that it's better for a musical to live its life first because if you see it on the screen, would you like to go to the theater after that? Probably not. You've seen it. And that's the mystery of a musical that hasn't been filmed. You're bloody meant to go there and buy your ticket.
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Richard M. Nixon
American President
In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.
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Margaret Walker
American Poet
Let a new earth rise. Let another world be born. Let a bloody peace be written in the sky. Let a second generation full of courage issue forth; let a people loving freedom come to growth.
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Ben Nicholson
British Artist
When I left school I went on trip around the world - I only got as far as Australia, but like a bloody fool I cut it short because of a girl. It's probably one of my big regrets in life.
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Christopher Eccleston
English Actor
I want to direct but I think I'd be bloody awful and I don't want to produce but I think I'd be a very good producer because if I believed in something I'd be able to protect it.
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Katharine Hepburn
American Actress
Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around.
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James P. Gorman
American Businessman
I certainly have no regret living in the U.S. The quality of life in Australia is good, but it is bloody good here as well.
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Michael Caine
English Actor
Comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write.
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Brian Eno
British Musician
I'm bloody awful at multi-tasking.
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Kate Winslet
Actress
Acting is bloody scary.
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