bloody
Used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or for emphasisUsed to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or for emphasis.
» We found a bloody shirt in the shed.
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1 senses(Australia, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Newfoundland, South Africa, UK, informal, mildly, vulgar)Used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or for emphasis.
verdammt
- extremely
Examples
145 sentencesWe found a bloody shirt in the shed.
Tom had a bloody nose and got blood on his shirt.
deTom hatte eine blutige Nase und Blut auf seinem Hemd. — Manfredo
I had a bloody nose and got blood on my shirt.
Tom had a bloody nose and there was blood on his shirt.
When the police entered the room, Tom was holding a bloody knife.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From Middle English blody, blodi, from Old English blōdiġ, blōdeġ (“bloody”), from Proto-WFrom Middle English blody, blodi, from Old English blōdiġ, blōdeġ (“bloody”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdag, from Proto-Germanic *blōþagaz (“bloody”), equivalent to blood + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bläidich, blöidig, blouderch (“bloody”), West Frisian bloedich (“bloody”), Dutch bloedig (“bloody”), German Low German blödig (“bloody”), German blutig (“bloody”), Danish blodig (“bloody”), Swedish blodig (“bloody”), Faroese blóðigur (“bloody”), Icelandic blóðugur (“bloody”). See Wikipedia for thoughts on sense evolution.
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Forms
more bloody, most bloody| Comparative | more bloody Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most bloody |
regular
Synonyms
3 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
Collocations
4 patterns- a bloody nose
- bloody nose
- bloody knife
- had a bloody
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.