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⚔️ Violent nature 🩸 Covered in blood
bloodiness

bloodiness

8.3
Willingness to hurt or kill people during violent acts
  • noun
  • /ˈblʌdiness/
  • NSFW
translation icon : sangre
  • Already by the early third century, Tertullian stressed the bloodiness of Christ's death more than the gospels had done, connecting sanguis Christi to martyrdom as well as to Eucharist and baptism.

Examples

  • The bloodiness of the battle left many horrified at the violence displayed.

  • The terms have widened beyond difficulties with girls, as they often do, but the focus is not on poètes maudits so much as on ordinary general bloodiness.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Yet in recent years, Purim has come under criticism from some Jewish thinkers in large measure because of the bloodiness of the triumph at its conclusion (the Jews killed 75,000 Persians in a single day).

    Academic text (2010)

  • Historians often debate the bloodiness of certain regimes and their brutal tactics.

  • The documentary highlighted the bloodiness of the conflict, shedding light on the suffering caused.

Synonyms

bloodlust
vsbloodiness
  • NSFW
15 8.2

A strong desire to hurt or kill others in violence

is broader in meaning, referring to general willingness to shed blood
viciousness
vsbloodiness
10 6.3

Being very cruel and violent toward other people or animals

focuses on willingness to shed blood or injure people rather than cruelty only
bellicosity
vsbloodiness
1 9.9

A tendency to be aggressive and start fights

is about readiness to shed blood rather than just eagerness to fight
bloodthirst
vsbloodiness
  • NSFW
1 8.6

A strong wish to kill or hurt people

is about a general willingness to shed blood rather than desire
bloodthirstiness
vsbloodiness
  • NSFW
1 9.2

A strong wish to kill or hurt others and enjoy violence

is a more general willingness or tendency to shed blood or use violence
murderousness
vsbloodiness
  • NSFW
1 8.8

A strong wish to kill someone

is more general, covering willingness to use violence not only murder

Antonyms

nonviolence
18 4.1

Using peaceful actions to bring about social or political change

peacefulness
4 2.7

A calm, quiet feeling with no worry

How Violent

bloodiness
  • NSFW
8.3
violence
  • Offensive
∞ 2.8
aggression
101 3.5
hostility
147 4.7
restraint
44 3.9

Surface Forms

bloodiness singular
bloodinesses plural

Morphology

bloodiness = bloody (semi-transparent) = blood + y + ness

Formed from 'bloody' + -ness; the abstract sense 'willingness to shed blood' is an evaluative extension from the literal 'blood-covered' meaning, so the relation is partly predictable but not fully literal.

Etymology

Bloodiness comes from blood, the same root as bleed, plus the ending -ness, which means 'state' or 'quality'. So, bloodiness can mean a readiness to cause bloodshed or a strong tendency to be violent.