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| bloodied | |
| 1. adj. Covered or stained with blood |  |
| bloody | |
| 1. adj. Covered in blood. | |
| All that remained of his right hand after the accident was a bloody stump. | |
| 2. adj. Characterised by bloodshed. | |
| There have been bloody battles between the two tribes. | |
| 3. adj. (rare in US, Canada, common in UK, Australia, NZ, slang) Used as an intensifier. | |
| 4. adj. (dated) Badly behaved; unpleasant; beastly. | |
| 5. adv. (rare in US, Canada, common in UK, Australia, NZ, slang) Used to express anger, annoyance, shock, or for emphasis. | |
| 1994: Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos, 109 - "Dice are no bloody good," David said. | |
| 6. v. To draw blood from one's opponent in a fight. | |
| 7. v. To demonstrably harm the cause of an opponent. | |
| 8. n. (casual) bloody mary | |
