The meaning of Bloody

adjective

Used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis.

Usage examples:

His bally sentences seem to go on for ever

adjective

Used instead of a rude word such as 'bloody' to express anger with something or someone

Usage examples:

A bally stupid idea, i bally well hope he finds the money he owes me.

adjective

Used to express annoyance.

Usage examples:

Make your own blasted coffee!

verb

Blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives.

Usage examples:

The school was blasted by an explosion

adjective

Used for emphasis, or to express annoyance.

Usage examples:

The watch was a bleeding copy

verb

Lose blood from the body as a result of injury or illness.

Usage examples:

The cut was bleeding steadily

adjective

Made holy; consecrated.

Usage examples:

The blessed sacrament

verb

Pronounce words in a religious rite in order to confer or invoke divine favour upon; ask god to look favourably on.

Usage examples:

He blessed the dying man and anointed him

plural noun

Those who live with god in heaven.

adjective

Used to express annoyance.

Usage examples:

Computers can be a blinking nuisance to operators

verb

Shut and open the eyes quickly.

Usage examples:

I blinked in astonishment

adjective

Marked or covered with blood.

Usage examples:

The police are hoping to turn up a piece of bloodstained clothing or a weapon

adjective

With marks of blood on it or in it

Usage examples:

Bloodstained clothing was found near the scene., he coughed, to see if his sputum was bloodstained.…

adjective

Responsible for the death or injury of many people, often in a cruel way

Usage examples:

He had been regarded for decades as a bloodstained terrorist.

adjective

Having or showing a desire to kill and maim.

Usage examples:

A bloodthirsty dictator

adjective

Eager to see or take part in violence

Usage examples:

A bloodthirsty tyrant/crowd

adjective

Eager to see or take part in violence and killing

Usage examples:

A bloodthirsty killer

adjective

Used to express annoyance or for emphasis.

Usage examples:

I didn't learn a blooming thing

verb

Produce flowers; be in flower.

Usage examples:

A chalk pit where cowslips bloomed

verb

Make (iron, steel, etc.) into a bloom.

adjective

Savagely violent.

Usage examples:

A brutal murder

adjective

Used for emphasis or as a mild expletive.

Usage examples:

The whole chuffing world's gone mad

verb

(of a steam engine) move with a regular sharp puffing sound.

Usage examples:

The train was chuffing out of the station

adjective

Used to emphasize what is being said, or to express anger

Usage examples:

It's chuffing cold out there!, do what you want; it's your chuffing house!, they've closed the road…

adjective

Used for emphasis, especially to express anger or annoyance.

Usage examples:

He was a confounded nuisance

verb

Cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by not according with their expectations.

Usage examples:

The inflation figure confounded economic analysts

adjective

Used to express anger

Usage examples:

What a confounded nuisance!

adjective

Wilfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it.

Usage examples:

People who are cruel to animals

verb

Spoil or ruin (an opportunity or a chance of success).

Usage examples:

Ernie nearly cruelled the whole thing by laughing

adjective

Extremely unkind and intentionally causing pain

Usage examples:

Her classmates made some cruel remarks., is the death penalty cruel and unusual punishment?, i thin…

adjective

Used to express annoyance or irritation.

Usage examples:

His cursed tidy-mindedness

verb

Invoke or use a curse against.

Usage examples:

It often seemed as if the family had been cursed

adjective

Used to describe something that is annoying to you in an angry way

Usage examples:

It's a cursed nuisance, having to work late every evening!, in recent years i've been cursed with w…

verb

(in christian belief) be condemned by god to suffer eternal punishment in hell.

Usage examples:

Be forever damned with lucifer

exclamation

Expressing anger or frustration.

Usage examples:

Damn! i completely forgot!

adjective

Used to emphasize or express anger or frustration with someone or something.

Usage examples:

Turn that damn thing off!

adjective

(in christian belief) condemned by god to suffer eternal punishment in hell.

Usage examples:

Damned sinners

adverb

Used for emphasis or to express anger or frustration.

Usage examples:

She's too damned arrogant

verb

(in christian belief) be condemned by god to suffer eternal punishment in hell.

Usage examples:

Be forever damned with lucifer

adjective

Used for emphasis, especially to express disapproval or frustration.

Usage examples:

I sound like a deuced newspaper reporter

adjective

Used to add force to an expression. some people might consider this offensive

Usage examples:

He's such an effing nuisance!, after lots of effing and blinding and threatening to search everyone…

adjective

Savagely fierce, cruel, or violent.

Usage examples:

A ferocious beast

adjective

Fierce and violent

Usage examples:

Ferocious wild dogs

adjective

Frightening and violent

Usage examples:

A ferocious dog, a ferocious battle, she's got a ferocious (= very bad) temper., the president came…

adjective

Having or displaying an intense or ferocious aggressiveness.

Usage examples:

Fierce fighting continued throughout the day

adverb

Very; extremely.

Usage examples:

He was fierce proud

adjective

Violent and forceful

Usage examples:

Fierce thunderstorms, the city had been under fierce attack., she’s a fierce critic of us policies.…

adjective

Burning fiercely and emitting flames.

Usage examples:

They dragged her away from the flaming car

verb

Burn and give off flames.

Usage examples:

A great fire flamed in an open fireplace

adjective

Used to add force, especially anger, to something that is said

Usage examples:

Put that down you flaming idiot!, we had a flaming row over it last night.

adjective

Used for emphasis or to express mild annoyance.

Usage examples:

Are you out of your flipping mind?

verb

Turn over with a sudden quick movement.

Usage examples:

The plane flipped over and then exploded

adjective

Used to emphasize what is being said, or to express anger

Usage examples:

It's a flipping nuisance!, you'll do as you're flipping well told!

adjective

(of a hole, wound, etc.) wide open.

Usage examples:

There was a gaping hole in the wall

verb

Be or become wide open.

Usage examples:

A large duffel bag gaped open by her feet

adjective

Open wide

Usage examples:

He had a gaping wound and we called for an ambulance.

adjective

Used to emphasize or express annoyance with someone or something.

Usage examples:

I feel so sick i can hardly raise my goddam head

adverb

Used for emphasis or to express annoyance.

Usage examples:

He had been told to do this on some goddam boring management course

adjective

Involving or showing violence and bloodshed.

Usage examples:

A gory horror film

adjective

Capable of or intending to murder; dangerously violent.

Usage examples:

A brutal and murderous despot

adjective

Involving murder or violence

Usage examples:

The murderous reign of the emperor caligula

adjective

Relating to or tending to cause infectious diseases.

Usage examples:

Pestilential fever

adjective

Relating to or causing very serious infectious disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people

Usage examples:

Smallpox is clearly the worst of the pestilential diseases., in the story, a pestilential fog envel…

adjective

Of great value; not to be wasted or treated carelessly.

Usage examples:

Precious works of art

noun

Used as a term of address for a beloved person.

Usage examples:

Don't be frightened, my precious

adjective

Of very great value or worth

Usage examples:

Precious memories, children are our most precious resource., diamonds and rubies are precious stone…

adjective

(of food) not cooked.

Usage examples:

Raw eggs

adjective

Suffering from decay.

Usage examples:

Rotten eggs

adverb

To an extreme degree; very much.

Usage examples:

Your mother said that i spoiled you rotten

adjective

See at rot.

Usage examples:

A rotten trick, rotten behavior

adjective

(of a person's face) having a healthy red colour.

Usage examples:

A cheerful pipe-smoking man of ruddy complexion

verb

Used as a euphemism for ‘bloody’.

Usage examples:

Young people today, they're a ruddy shower

adjective

(of a white person’s skin) having a red color, often suggesting good health

Usage examples:

A ruddy-cheeked girl

adjective

Involving or causing much bloodshed.

Usage examples:

They lost heavily in the sanguinary campaigns that followed

adjective

Extremely violent and involving a lot of blood and injuries

Usage examples:

It was the most sanguinary and expensive war in modern times., the film moves with a furious moment…

adjective

(of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.

Usage examples:

Packs of savage dogs roamed the streets

noun

A brutal or vicious person.

Usage examples:

The mother of one of the victims has described his assailants as savages

verb

(especially of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul.

Usage examples:

Police are rounding up dogs after a girl was savaged

adjective

Deliberately cruel or violent.

Usage examples:

A vicious assault

adjective

Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

adjective

(of an act) intending to hurt badly, or (of a person or animal) likely to be violent

Usage examples:

I don’t believe he is a vicious dog., the few who disagreed became the targets of vicious written a…

adjective

(of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state.

Usage examples:

I felt so wretched because i thought i might never see you again

adjective

Unhappy or extremely sad

Usage examples:

He looked so ill and wretched as he spoke that he made me feel wretched myself., workers lived in w…