Definizione monolingua

bloody

bloody (third-person singular simple present bloodies, present participle bloodying, simple past and past participle bloodied)

1. To draw blood from ones opponent in a fight.
2. To demonstrably harm the cause of an opponent.

bloody (comparative bloodier, superlative bloodiest)

1. Covered in blood.

   All that remained of his right hand after the accident was a bloody stump.

   • circa 1590-96, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Act 5, Scene 1, 2008 [1947], Forgotten Books, page 84,

     And, as she fled, her mantle she did fall, / Which Lion vile with bloody mouth did stain.

   • 2011, William Shakespeare, Jonathan Bate, Eric Rasmussen, Julius Caesar, analysis of Act 2 Scene 1, 100,

     They plan to walk to the market-place, showing their bloody hands and swords and declaring ‘Peace, freedom and liberty!’

2. Characterised by bloodshed.

   There have been bloody battles between the two tribes.

   • 1845, Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, 2008, page 5,

     I had therefore been, until now, out of the way of the bloody scenes that often occurred on the plantation.

   • 2007, Lucinda Mallows, Lucy Mallows, Slovakia: The Bradt Travel Guide, page 169,

     The story of Elizabeth Bathory is one of the bloodiest in history.

3. (UK, colloquial, mildly vulgar, not comparable) Used as an intensifier.
   • 1994, Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos, page 519,

     Try to keep those bloody womens bloody heads on their bloody shoulders by somehow helping them make this whole mad impossible scheme actually work.

   • 2003, Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, page 64,

     You are not to go asking anyone about who killed that bloody dog.

   • 2007, James MacFarlane, Avenge My Kin, Book 2: A Time of Testing, page 498,

     “You bloody fool, I could?ve stabbed you in the heart,” David said in mock anger, and then smiled widely.

bloody (comparative more bloody, superlative most bloody)

1. (UK, mildly vulgar) Used to intensify what follows this adverb.

   1994: Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos, 109 - ""Dice are no bloody good,"" David said.

Definizione dizionario bloody

	cruento
	characterised by great bloodshed
	covered in blood
	Che provoca un grande spargimento di sangue.

	fottuto
	intensifier

	insanguinato
	covered in blood

	maledetto
	intensifier

	sanguinante
	covered in blood

	sanguinoso
	characterised by great bloodshed

	insanguinare
	to draw blood

sanguinolento

Altri significati:

To draw blood from one's opponent in a fight.

To demonstrably harm the cause of an opponent.

Characterised by great bloodshed.

(UK, Australian, New Zealand, mildly vulgar, not comparable) Used as an intensifier.

(UK, mildly vulgar) Used to intensify what follows this adverb.

Covered in blood.