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1bloody Listen to audio/ˈblʌdi/ adjective
blood·i·er; blood·i·est
[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/revolutionsee also scream bloody murder at 1scream
3 always used before a noun, Brit, informal + sometimes offensiveused to make an angry or critical statement more forceful He's a bloody [=damned] fool! We had to read the whole bloody thing.
bloody hell
Brit, informal + offensiveused to express anger or annoyance Bloody hell [=damn it]—I've lost my key again! How the bloody hell did you hear that?
— blood·i·ly Listen to audio /ˈblʌdəli/ adverb
The battle was won bloodily.
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