bloody
/ˈblʌ.di/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.28 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "All that remained of his right hand after the accident was a bloody stump."
- "And, as she fled, her mantle she did fall, / Which Lion vile with bloody mouth did stain."
- "O Antony! Begge not your death of vs: / Though now we muſt appeare bloody and cruell, / As by our hands, and this our preſent Acte / You ſee we do: Yet ſee you but our hands, / And this, the bleeding buſineſſe they haue done:"
- "There have been bloody battles between the two tribes."
- "Some bloody paſſion ſhakes your very Frame:"
- "I had therefore been, until now, out of the way of the bloody scenes that often occurred on the plantation."
Etymology
From Middle English blody, blodi, from Old English blōdiġ, blōdeġ (“bloody”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdag, from Proto-Germanic *blōþagaz (“bloody”), equivalent to blood + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bläidich, blöidig, blouderch (“bloody”), West Frisian bloedich (“bloody”), Dutch bloedig (“bloody”), German Low German blödig (“bloody”), German blutig (“bloody”), Danish blodig (“bloody”), Swedish blodig (“bloody”), Faroese blóðigur (“bloody”), Icelandic blóðugur (“bloody”). See Wikipedia for thoughts on sense evolution.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: blody, blōdiġ, *blōdag, *blōþagaz, *blodien, blōdgian
Usage
Inflected Forms
bloodier (comparative)
bloodiest (superlative)
bloudy (alternative, obsolete)
bl**dy (alternative)
more bloody (comparative)
most bloody (superlative)
bloodies (present, singular)
bloodying (participle, present)
bloodied (participle, past)
bloodied (past)
bloodies (plural)