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38 6.5
To cover a person or thing with blood because of an injury
  • verb
  • /ˈblʌd.id/
  • NSFW
: ensangrentar
  • After the fight, his shirt was noticeably bloodied from the injuries he sustained.
  • bloodied bandages
  • bloodied sheets

Examples

  • She rushed into the room, her hands bloodied after trying to help the injured man.

  • The last image of him on television and in newspapers was of his bloodied body sprawled on the tarmac.

    Academic text (2006)
  • "You all right?" Reaches over, sets a bloodied hand on her shoulder.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • - ...and the bloodied shirt that the deputies claim to have found in his house somehow got lost before the trial.

  • The wounded man wrapped in bloodied bandages was filmed on his hospital bed the day after the incident.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Leon advances with his revolver as Shotgun, bloodied but not out, crawls toward his weapon.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Pan down along Geel Piet's arm to his bloodied hand, holding the snapshot of him and PK.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • PK scrambles into the ring and cradles the lifeless, bloodied head in his lap and begins to sob.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The detective examined the bloodied knife found at the crime scene for fingerprints.

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

To remove dirt and stains

Idioms

Shout very loudly to show pain, anger or strong protest

Compounds

14 4.1

A nose injury that makes blood come out or a small defeat for someone

6 3.5

A drink of vodka and tomato juice mixed with spices

8.6

A spicy tomato drink without alcohol like a Bloody Mary

How Bloody

to bloody
  • NSFW
38 6.5
cut
337 1.0
to nick
33 3.5

Surface Forms

bloody infinitive
bloodied past
bloodied past participle
bloodying present participle
bloodies third person singular

Morphology

bloody = blood (transparent) = blood + y

The form is built from 'blood' + '-y', and the meaning 'to cover with blood' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Bloody as a verb comes from the simple word blood plus the ending -ed, so it originally meant 'to cover with blood' or 'to make bloody'.