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Inflections of 'bloody' (adj):

bloodier: adj comparative

bloodiest: adj superlative

Inflections of 'bloody' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

bloodies: v 3rd person singular

bloodying: v pres p

bloodied: v past

bloodied: v past p

bloody
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Sense: Adjective: showing blood

Synonyms:

bleeding , blood-covered, bloodstained, blood-spattered, blood-soaked, covered in blood, red with blood, blood-red, dripping blood, gory, grisly, crimson , wounded , raw , hemorrhaging, haemorrhaging (UK)

Antonyms:

uninjured, unhurt, clean , spotless

Sense: Adjective: marked by violence

Synonyms:

violent , brutal, gory, fierce , fiercely fought, vicious , savage , ferocious, sanguinary (literary), bloody

Antonyms:

bloodless, peaceful , nonviolent, tame , calm , gentle , mild

Sense: Adjective: eager for violence

Synonyms:

murderous, bloodthirsty, savage , violent , cruel , homicidal, murdering, cruel-hearted, cutthroat, sanguinary, vicious , ferocious, red in tooth and claw, warmongering, hawkish

Sense: Adjective: awful, annoying - UK, potentially offensive, slang

Synonyms:

damned (potentially offensive), damn (potentially offensive), goddamn, dang (US, slang), flipping (euphemism), sodding (UK, vulgar, slang), bleeding (UK, vulgar, slang), goddamned (US, potentially offensive, slang)

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