Bleeding is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying, especially when they feel strongly about something or dislike something.
[British, informal, rude, emphasis]
bleeding in British English
(ˈbliːdɪŋ)
adjective, adverb British slang
(intensifier)
a bleeding fool
it's bleeding beautiful
More idioms containing
bleeding
a bleeding heart
Examples of 'bleeding' in a sentence
bleeding
She was angry and spoke to me in barbed wire German which left my ear ragged and bleeding.
Robert Wilson INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS (2002)
All related terms of 'bleeding'
bleed
When you bleed , you lose blood from your body as a result of injury or illness .
bleeding edge
If you are at the bleeding edge of a particular field of activity , you are involved in its most advanced or most exciting developments.
bleeding heart
If you describe someone as a bleeding heart , you are criticizing them for being sympathetic towards people who are poor and suffering , without doing anything practical to help.
a bleeding heart
someone who is too sympathetic towards people who claim to be poor or suffering
breakthrough bleeding
bleeding from the uterus that occurs between menstrual periods
love-lies-bleeding
any of several amaranthaceous plants of the genus Amaranthus, esp A. caudatus, having drooping spikes of small red flowers
bleeding-heart liberal
a person of left-wing or liberal views who is deemed to be excessively soft-hearted
bleed out
to die as a result of losing blood through an unattended wound