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blooded

adj · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • blŭ′-dəd
  • US: /ˈblʌ.dəd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌdəd
  • CMU ARPABET: B L AH1 D IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

bloody, bleeding.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Experienced (especially in warfare).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • I'll let a rookie march behind me with a loaded weapon once he's been blooded in combat, until then he stays in front where I can see which way he's pointing.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unblooded

3

adj

Meaning 3

Following a modifying word in a compound:

Having a certain physiological characteristic, particularly in relation to blood or the circulatory system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

Examples

  • Mammals are warm-blooded.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Following a modifying word in a compound:

Having a certain kind of temperament or disposition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, not-comparable

Examples

  • Only a cold-blooded killer could have done something like this.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Following a modifying word in a compound:

Having ancestry to a certain degree.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, not-comparable

Qualifier: sometimes offensive in compounds that refer to purity or partial degrees

Examples

  • He's a full-blooded Irishman.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Following a modifying word in a compound:

Having a certain ancestry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, figuratively, not-comparable, sometimes

Examples

  • A blue-blooded aristocrat.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adj

Meaning 7

Derived from ancestors of good blood; having a good pedigree.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Qualifier: cattle

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

simple past and past participle of blood

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

adjective satellite

Meaning 9

of unmixed ancestry

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • full-blooded Native American
  • blooded Jersies

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: full-blooded, full-blood

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English bloded, equivalent to blood + -ed.