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Bloody has 8 different meanings across 3 categories:

Verb · Adjective · Adverb

Definitions
Noun
1

bloody mary

"After a late night, she ordered a bloody mary to wake herself up."

Verb
1

cover with blood

"bloody your hands"

2

To draw blood from one's opponent in a fight.

"The boxer landed a sharp hook that bloody his rival before the first round ended."

In plain English: To bloody something is to make it covered with blood, usually by hitting it hard enough that someone gets hurt and starts bleeding.

"The old engine finally bloody down after running for three hours without stopping."

Adjective
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"

2

informal intensifiers

"what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"

"a bloody fool"

"a crashing bore"

"you flaming idiot"

3

Covered in blood.

"The knight emerged from the battle bloody and defeated."

Adverb
1

extremely

"you are bloody right"

"Why are you so all-fired aggressive?"

2

Used to express anger, annoyance, shock, or for emphasis.

"I am bloody furious that you forgot our anniversary again."

In plain English: Bloody is used to add strong emphasis or show anger when saying something, even though it technically means covered in blood.

"I was bloody tired after running all that way."

Usage: Use this adverb only as an intensifier before nouns and verbs when speaking informally; avoid it entirely in formal writing due to its offensive nature. Do not confuse the emphatic usage with the verb form meaning to cause bleeding, which requires a direct object like "bloody his nose."

Example Sentences
"I was bloody tired after running all that way." adv
"I was bloody tired after running all day." adv
"The train is bloody late again today." adv
"It is getting bloody cold outside this morning." adv
"The old engine finally bloody down after running for three hours without stopping." verb
See Also
merciless wound bleeding flaming murtherous bastarding bluggy ods bodikin
Related Terms
Antonyms
bloodless
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
cover

Origin

Bloody comes from the Old English word for bloody, which itself descended through Middle English and Proto-Germanic. The term is formed by combining "blood" with a suffix meaning "-y," creating an adjective that has remained in use since ancient times.

Rhyming Words
ody body dody kody cody tody fody jody mody woody roody doody hoody grody brody goody foody moody embody parody
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