"bloody" meaning in English

See bloody in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈblʌ.di/ Audio: en-us-bloody.ogg [US], en-uk-bloody.ogg [UK], EN-AU ck1 bloody.ogg [Australia] Forms: bloody [positive], bloodier [comparative], bloodiest [superlative]
Etymology: blood + -y Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|blood|y}} blood + -y Head templates: {{adj|bloody|bloodier|bloodiest}} [POS TABLE]
  1. You use bloody to emphasize what you're saying.
    Sense id: simple-bloody-en-adj-3MaGzvMv Categories (other): Slang
  2. If a thing or person is bloody, it is covered in or characterized by blood.
    Sense id: simple-bloody-en-adj-T-fQtvTd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -y

Verb

IPA: /ˈblʌ.di/ Audio: en-us-bloody.ogg [US], en-uk-bloody.ogg [UK], EN-AU ck1 bloody.ogg [Australia] Forms: bloody [canonical], bloodies [third-person, singular], bloodied [past], bloodied [past, participle], bloodying [present, participle]
Etymology: blood + -y Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|blood|y}} blood + -y Head templates: {{verb|blood|y}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you bloody your opponent in a fight, you make them bleed.
    Sense id: simple-bloody-en-verb-ahUN2F6U
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -y
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