bloody Definition

bloody
adj bloodier, bloodiest

1. Stained or covered with blood.

Example: a bloody nose
Thesaurus: wounded, bleeding, bloodstained, unstanched, gaping, raw, grisly; Antonym: unhurt, uninjured.
2. Involving or including much killing.

Example: met in bloody combat
3. rather coarse, slang
Used as an intensifier expressing annoyance, etc but sometimes almost meaningless. Also as infix.
Example: a bloody fool
Example: missed the bloody bus again
Example: im-bloody-possible
4. Murderous or cruel.

Thesaurus: savage, sanguinary, murderous, decimating, ferocious, fierce.

adverb

rather coarse slang:
1a. Used as an intensifier; expressing annoyance, etc but sometimes almost meaningless;

Example: I wish you'd bloody listen
1b. Used as an intensifier; extremely.

Example: We're bloody angry about it

verb

bloodies, bloodied, bloodying
1. To stain or cover something with blood.

Derivative: bloodily
adverb

Derivative: bloodiness
noun

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon as blodig.