[also more bloody; most bloody] 1 : bleeding or covered with blood
▪ He hit me and gave me a bloody nose. ▪ a bloody towel ▪ a bloody knife 2 : violent and causing the death or injury of many people
▪ a bloody battle/war/revolution — see also scream bloody murder at 1scream 3 always used before a noun, Brit, informal + sometimes offensive — used to make an angry or critical statement more forceful ▪ He's a bloody [=damned] fool! ▪ We had to read the whole bloody thing.
▪ He hit me and gave me a bloody nose. ▪ a bloody towel ▪ a bloody knife
▪ a bloody battle/war/revolution — see also scream bloody murder at 1scream
bloody hell
Brit, informal + offensive — used to express anger or annoyance ▪ Bloody hell [=damn it]—I've lost my key again! ▪ How the bloody hell did you hear that?




