Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bloody hell

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.22 in modern English

Syllables: blood-y hell
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

An expression of dismay, disgust, anger, surprise etc.

Informal

adv

Placed after an interrogative term to add emphasis.

Informal

Example Sentences

"Bloody hell! My team lost again!"
"Bloody hell! Where did you come from, scaring me like that!"
"He's not really eating those, is he? Bloody hell! That's disgusting!"
"Bloody hell, there was little wonder he was distracted. In the past few hours, he had endured more shocks than he had in centuries."
"Bloody hell! To hell with Milner. No, Oom Paul said after each new concession, no, no further. Send the troops, Alfred Milner said."
"“Bloody hell,” she moaned. “Bloody hell, bloody hell.” Though her hands were trembling, she managed to reload the crossbow just as Sue had told her; then she began to shakily run towards where she thought the sound had come from."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

bloody hell ! (canonical) bloody 'ell (alternative)

Synonyms

fucking hell bleeding hell chuffing hell ruddy hell bloody heck bleeding heck flipping heck bloody Nora holy crap goddamn adzooks ay

Questions

What does bloody hell mean?: An expression of dismay, disgust, anger, surprise etc.

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