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bloodstained

adj · 5 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈblʌdˌsteɪnd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: B L AH1 D S T EY2 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bloody

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having the color of something which has been stained with blood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Responsible for the deaths of others; guilty of murder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Guilty of wrongdoing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

covered with blood

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a bloodstained shirt
  • a gory dagger

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gory

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic inh Proto-West Germanic gem-pro>*blōþą>blood Proto-West Germanic *blōd Old English blōd Middle English blood English blood English stained English bloodstained From blood + stained.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: արյունոտ (aryunot) — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Belarusian: акрыва́ўленны (akryváwljenny) — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Belarusian: скрыва́ўлены (skryváwljeny) — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Belarusian: крыва́вы (kryvávy) — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Bulgarian: кърва́в (kǎrváv) — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Bulgarian: кървя́щ (kǎrvjášt) — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Bulgarian: окърва́вен (okǎrváven) — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Chinese Mandarin: 血污的 (xuèwū de, xuěwū de, xiěwū de) — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Czech: zakrvácený — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Czech: zkrvavený — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Czech: krvavý — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Finnish: verinen — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Finnish: veren tahrima — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • French: taché de sang — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • French: sanglant — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • French: ensanglanté — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • German: blutbefleckt — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Hindi: लहू-लुहान (lahū-luhān) — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Irish: fuilsmeartha — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Irish: fordhearg — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Old Irish: fuilech — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Japanese: 血塗れ (chimamire) — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Japanese: 血まみれの (chimamire no) — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Korean: 피투성이의 (pituseong'iui) — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Korean: 핏자국이 있는 (pitjagugi inneun) — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Kyrgyz: колу кандуу (kolu kanduu) — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Latin: cruentus — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Latin: sanguineus — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Macedonian: крвав (krvav) — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Old English: blōdfāg — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Polish: krwawy — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Polish: zakrwawiony — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Russian: окрова́вленный (okrovávlennyj) — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Russian: крова́вый (krovávyj) — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Serbo-Croatian: кр̏вав — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Serbo-Croatian: kȑvav — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Slovak: krvavý — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Slovak: zakrvavený — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Slovene: krvav — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Swedish: blodfläckad — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Ukrainian: закрива́влений (zakryvávlenyj) — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
  • Ukrainian: крива́вий (kryvávyj) — stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood