Adjective: bloody (bloodier,bloodiest) blú-dee
Usage: informal
- Having or covered with or accompanied by blood
"the effects will be violent and probably bloody"; "a bloody fight"; "a bloody nose"; "your scarf is all bloody"
- [Brit, informal] Informal intensifier
"what a bloody nuisance"; "a bloody fool";
- bally [Brit, informal], blinking [Brit, informal], blooming [Brit, informal], crashing [informal], flaming [informal], freaking [informal], effing [Brit, informal]
- [Brit, informal] Used for disapproving emphasis
"he's a bloody idiot";
- bleeding [Brit, informal], bleedin' [Brit, informal]
Usage: informal
- Extremely
"you are bloody right";
- damn [informal], all-fired [informal], all-firedly [US, informal]
Derived forms: bloodier, bloodies, bloodied, bloodying, bloodiest
See also: blood-filled, bloodstained, bloodsucking, bloodthirsty, bloody-minded [Brit], crimson, gory, homicidal, internecine, merciless, murderous, red, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous, unmerciful, unmitigated, violent
Type of: cover, spread over
Antonym: bloodless
Encyclopedia: Bloody