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Meanings of bloody in English

Portuguese
sangrento
Catalan
sangonent
Spanish
sangriento

Having or covered with or accompanied by blood.

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      sangrento

      Informal intensifiers.

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          Extremely.

                Usage of bloody in English
                1
                Pub Quiz Question: Which English footballer appears in the bloody-thirsty blockbuster Hannibal?
                The Irish Times
                2
                It is a torture long and slow; the agony and bloody sweat.
                With Rimington
                3
                I say genius: it might more accurately be described as sheer bloody-mindedness.
                The Guardian
                4
                The action was obstinate and bloody; but their numbers and perseverance prevailed.
                The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
                5
                The skin was lying in a bloody heap outside the back door.
                From the Bottom Up: The Life Story of Alexander Irvine
                6
                Dionysus make a convenient Pop hero for this bloody-minded year... View Article
                The new yorker
                7
                The monk bowed, and the general saw that his forehead was bloody.
                Prince Eugene and His Times
                8
                At length the curtain fell upon the bloody scenes of the war.
                The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3
                9
                We will follow it; it will be a bloody path to tread.
                Select Speeches of Kossuth
                10
                As an eye-witness I saw the full scope of the bloody drama.
                Now It Can Be Told
                11
                The fight continued all the night of the 28th, bloody and furious.
                France in the Nineteenth Century
                12
                The battalion with the Colonel was all ready for the bloody charge.
                Bamboo Tales
                13
                She started back in horror at the sight of his bloody forehead.
                The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence
                14
                The listeners were appalled and horrified at the sad and bloody tale.
                Hope and Have; or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians: A Story for Yo...
                15
                The red sun shot up above the northern sky-line, dripping and bloody.
                The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke
                16
                The action began about three o'clock; it was very bloody and furious.
                The Wandering Jew — Volume 01
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