bloodyadjective [ before noun ], adverb
uk/ˈblʌd.i/us/ˈblʌd.i/mainly UK very informalC2 used to express anger or to emphasize what you are saying in a slightly rude way:
I've had a bloody awful week.
It's a bloody disgrace that some war widows don't get a decent pension.
Don't be a bloody idiot!
This computer's bloody useless! It's always going wrong.
Don't you tell me what to do! I'll do what I bloody well like in my own house.
I had a bloody good time last night.
Life would be bloody boring if nothing ever went wrong.
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- That sod Wilkins, excuse my French, has taken my bloody parking space.
- You stupid bloody fool!
- You trod on my bloody foot!
- That car's been nothing but bloody trouble since I got it.
- How did Pearson make the team? He's bloody useless.
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Expressions of anger
- bally
- beg
- biscuit
- blast
- blasted
- bleeding
- dare
- dash
- fie
- flip
- flipping
- for crying out loud! idiom
- freaking
- pipe
- precious
- put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it! idiom
- sodding
- that (really) takes the biscuit idiom
- that does it! idiom
- what a business! idiom
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Idiom(s)
bloody hell
bloodyadjective
uk/ˈblʌd.i/us/ˈblʌd.i/B2 covered with or full of blood:
a bloody nose
C1 extremely violent and involving a lot of blood and injuries:
It was a long and bloody battle and many men were killed.
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- There is a danger that America's metaphoric 'war on drugs' may turn into a bloody reality.
- A bloody civil war followed the proclamation of an independent state.
- He told the doctor he had been passing bloody stools.
- This is the latest act of terrorism in a long-standing and bloody campaign of violence.
- The songs describe the bloody battles between the clans.
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Disorders & diseases of the heart & blood
- acquired agammaglobulinemia
- agammaglobulinemia
- agnogenic myeloid metaplasia
- anemic
- angina
- blood poisoning
- deep vein thrombosis
- dilated cardiomyopathy
- Ebstein's anomaly
- economy-class syndrome
- Eisenmenger syndrome
- endocarditis
- haemorrhage
- hypothermia
- leukaemia
- paediatric thrombocytopenia
- patent ductus arteriosus
- pediatric thrombocytopenia
- pericarditis
- peripheral vascular disease
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Violent or aggressive
bloodily
adverb uk/ˈblʌd.əl.i/us/ˈblʌd.əl.i/
All the demonstrations were bloodily suppressed by government forces.
bloodyverb [ T ]
uk/ˈblʌd.i/us/ˈblʌd.i/to make something bloody:
The first punch bloodied his nose.
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Dirty & untidy
- -stained
- all over the place idiom
- besmeared
- bespattered
- bloodstained
- cat
- inky
- look like something the cat brought/dragged in idiom
- mangy
- manky
- messy
- mucky
- ragged
- sordid
- squalid
- streaky
- tangle
- tarnish
- tousled
- unkempt
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bloodied
adjective uk/ˈblʌd.id/us/ˈblʌd.id/literary
covered in blood