BLOODY

a. v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood; as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat.

2.
a.

Smeared or stained with blood; as, bloody hands; a bloody handkerchief.

3.
a.

Given, or tending, to the shedding of blood; having a cruel, savage disposition; murderous; cruel. Some bloody passion shakes your very frame. Shak.

4.
a.

Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp., marked by great slaughter or cruelty; as, a bloody battle.

5.
a.

Infamous; contemptible; -- variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet. [Vulgar] Thackeray.

6.
v.

To stain with blood. Overbury.


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