Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bloody"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bloody \Blood"y\, a. [AS. bl[=o]dig.]
1. Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood;
as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat.
2. Smeared or stained with blood; as, bloody hands; a bloody
handkerchief.
3. Given, or tending, to the shedding of blood; having a
cruel, savage disposition; murderous; cruel.
Some bloody passion shakes your very frame. --Shak.
4. Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp.,
marked by great slaughter or cruelty; as, a bloody battle.
5. Infamous; contemptible; -- variously used for mere
emphasis or as a low epithet. [Vulgar] --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bloody \Blood"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bloodied}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Bloodying}.]
To stain with blood. --Overbury.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bloody
adj 1: having or covered with or accompanied by blood; "a bloody
nose"; "your scarf is all bloody"; "the effects will
be violent and probably bloody"; "a bloody fight"
[ant: {bloodless}]
2: (used of persons) informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or
blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore";
"you flaming idiot" [syn: {bally(a)}, {blinking(a)}, {bloody(a)},
{crashing(a)}, {flaming(a)}, {fucking(a)}]
adv : (intensifier) "you are bloody right"; "Why are you so
all-fired aggressive?" [syn: {damn}, {all-fired}]
v : cover with blood; "bloody your hands"
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