bloody

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• /ˈblʌ.di/
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• Northumbria: /ˈblɪ.diː/
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From Middle English blody, blodi, from Old English blōdiġ, blōdeġ (“bloody”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdag, from Proto-Germanic *blōþagaz (“bloody”), equivalent to blood + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bläidich, blöidig, blouderch (“bloody”), West Frisian bloedich (“bloody”), Dutch bloedig (“bloody”), German Low German blödig (“bloody”), German blutig (“bloody”), Danish blodig (“bloody”), Swedish blodig (“bloody”), Faroese blóðigur (“bloody”), Icelandic blóðugur (“bloody”). See Wikipedia for thoughts on sense evolution.

Clipping of bloody mary.

From Middle English *blodien, *blodegen (attested as blodeke, bi-blodgi), from Old English blōdgian, blōdegian (“to bloody, make bloody”), from Proto-West Germanic *blōdagōn (“to make bloody”), from Proto-Germanic *blōþagōną (“to make bloody”). Cognate with Middle High German bluotigen (“to make bloody”), Swedish blodga (“to make bloody”), Icelandic blóðga (“to bloody”).

245 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Ainu: ケムㇱ (kemus) — covered in blood
• Southern Altai: канду (kandu) — covered in blood
• Arabic: مُدَمَّى (mudammā) — covered in blood
• Arabic: مُخَضَّب بِالدِّمَاء (muḵaḍḍab bi-d-dimāʔ) — covered in blood
• Armenian: արյունոտ (aryunot) — covered in blood
• Aromanian: sãndzinos — covered in blood
• Basque: odoltsu — covered in blood
• Belarusian: крыва́вы (kryvávy) — covered in blood
• Belarusian: акрыва́ўленны (akryváwljenny) — covered in blood
• Belarusian: скрыва́ўлены (skryváwljeny) — covered in blood
• Bengali: রক্তাক্ত (roktakto) — covered in blood
• Breton: gwadek — covered in blood
• Bulgarian: кърва́в (kǎrváv) — covered in blood
• Bulgarian: кървя́щ (kǎrvjášt) — covered in blood
• Bulgarian: окърва́вен (okǎrváven) — covered in blood
• Catalan: sagnant — covered in blood
• Cebuano: dugoon — covered in blood
• Chinese Mandarin: 血污的 (xuèwū de, xuěwū de, xiěwū de) — covered in blood
• Cornish: gosek — covered in blood
• Czech: krvavý — covered in blood
• Czech: zakrvácený — covered in blood
• Czech: zkrvavený — covered in blood
• Danish: blodig — covered in blood
• Dutch: bloederig — covered in blood
• Dutch: bebloed — covered in blood
• Esperanto: sanga — covered in blood
• Faroese: blóðutur — covered in blood
• Faroese: blóðigur — covered in blood
• Faroese: blóðugur — covered in blood
• Finnish: verinen — covered in blood
• French: sanglant — covered in blood
• French: ensanglanté — covered in blood
• Friulian: sanganôs — covered in blood
• Galician: sanguento — covered in blood
• Georgian: სისხლიანი (sisxliani) — covered in blood
• Georgian: გასისხლიანებული (gasisxlianebuli) — covered in blood
• German: blutig — covered in blood
• Greek: ματωμένος (matoménos) — covered in blood
• Ancient Greek: αἱματηρός (haimatērós) — covered in blood
• Hebrew: מגואל בדם (megoál bedám) — covered in blood
• Hebrew: עקוב מדם (akov midám) — covered in blood
• Hindi: लहू-लुहान (lahū-luhān) — covered in blood
• Hindi: रक्तरंजित (raktarañjit) — covered in blood
• Hittite: 𒅖𒄩𒉡𒉿𒀭𒍝 (iš-ḫa-nu-wa-an-za) — covered in blood
• Hungarian: véres — covered in blood
• Icelandic: blóðugur — covered in blood
• Ingrian: verekäs — covered in blood
• Irish: fuilteach — covered in blood
• Irish: flann — covered in blood
• Irish: fordhearg — covered in blood
• Irish: fuilí — covered in blood
• Old Irish: fuilech — covered in blood
• Italian: sanguinante — covered in blood
• Italian: cruento — covered in blood
• Italian: insanguinato — covered in blood
• Japanese: 血塗れ (chimamire) — covered in blood
• Japanese: 血まみれの (chimamire no) — covered in blood
• Kapampangan: maraya — covered in blood
• Kapampangan: madaya — covered in blood
• Khmer: ប្រឡាក់ឈាម (prɑlak chiem) — covered in blood
• Korean: 피투성이의 (pituseong'iui) — covered in blood
• Korean: 핏자국이 있는 (pitjagugi inneun) — covered in blood
• Kyrgyz: канга боёлгон (kanga boyolgon) — covered in blood
• Kyrgyz: кандуу (kanduu) — covered in blood
• Latin: sanguineus — covered in blood
• Latin: sanguinans — covered in blood
• Latin: cruentus — covered in blood
• Latvian: asiņains — covered in blood
• Luxembourgish: bluddeg — covered in blood
• Macedonian: кр́вав (kŕvav) — covered in blood
• Macedonian: кр́вјосан (kŕvjosan) — covered in blood
• Macedonian: скр́вавен (skŕvaven) — covered in blood
• Malay: berdarah — covered in blood
• Māori: hūtoto — covered in blood
• Marathi: रक्तरंजित (raktarañjit) — covered in blood
• Occitan: sagnós — covered in blood
• Plautdietsch: bloodrich — covered in blood
• Polish: krwawy — covered in blood
• Polish: zakrwawiony — covered in blood
• Portuguese: ensanguentado — covered in blood
• Romanian: sângeros — covered in blood
• Russian: окрова́вленный (okrovávlennyj) — covered in blood
• Russian: крова́вый (krovávyj) — covered in blood
• Sardinian: sambenosu — covered in blood
• Scots: bluidy — covered in blood
• Serbo-Croatian: кр̏вав — covered in blood
• Serbo-Croatian: kȑvav — covered in blood
• Slovak: krvavý — covered in blood
• Slovak: zakrvavený — covered in blood
• Slovene: krvav — covered in blood
• Lower Sorbian: kšawny — covered in blood
• Lower Sorbian: kšawowaty — covered in blood
• Spanish: sangriento — covered in blood
• Spanish: ensangrentado — covered in blood
• Spanish: sanguinolento — covered in blood
• Spanish: cruento — covered in blood
• Spanish: sangrante — covered in blood
• Swedish: blodig — covered in blood
• Tagalog: madugo — covered in blood
• Turkish: kanlı — covered in blood
• Ukrainian: закрива́влений (zakryvávlenyj) — covered in blood
• Ukrainian: крива́вий (kryvávyj) — covered in blood
• Unami: mhùkwi — covered in blood
• Unami: mhukhòsi — covered in blood
• Vietnamese: máu me — covered in blood
• Welsh: gwaedlyd — covered in blood
• Yiddish: בלוטיק (blutik) — covered in blood
• Southern Altai: канду (kandu) — characterised by great bloodshed
• Arabic: دَامِي (dāmī) — characterised by great bloodshed
• Armenian: արյունոտ (aryunot) — characterised by great bloodshed
• Azerbaijani: qanlı — characterised by great bloodshed
• Belarusian: крыва́вы (kryvávy) — characterised by great bloodshed
• Belarusian: кровапралíтны (króvapralítny) — characterised by great bloodshed
• Belarusian: кравапралíтны (kravapralítny) — characterised by great bloodshed
• Bulgarian: кърва́в (kǎrváv) — characterised by great bloodshed
• Catalan: sagnant — characterised by great bloodshed
• Czech: krvavý — characterised by great bloodshed
• Danish: blodig — characterised by great bloodshed
• Dutch: bloedig — characterised by great bloodshed
• Dutch: bloederig — characterised by great bloodshed
• Esperanto: sangema — characterised by great bloodshed
• Finnish: verinen — characterised by great bloodshed
• French: sanglant — characterised by great bloodshed
• French: sanglante — characterised by great bloodshed
• Galician: sanguento — characterised by great bloodshed
• Georgian: სისხლიანი (sisxliani) — characterised by great bloodshed
• Georgian: სისხლისმღვრელი (sisxlismɣvreli) — characterised by great bloodshed
• German: blutig — characterised by great bloodshed
• Greek: αιματηρός (aimatirós) — characterised by great bloodshed
• Hindi: रक्तरंजित (raktarañjit) — characterised by great bloodshed
• Hungarian: véres — characterised by great bloodshed
• Icelandic: blóðugur — characterised by great bloodshed
• Irish: dearg — characterised by great bloodshed
• Irish: crólinnteach — characterised by great bloodshed
• Irish: fuilteach — characterised by great bloodshed
• Italian: cruento — characterised by great bloodshed
• Italian: sanguinoso — characterised by great bloodshed
• Japanese: 流血の (ryūketsu no) — characterised by great bloodshed
• Latvian: asiņains — characterised by great bloodshed
• Macedonian: кр́вав (kŕvav) — characterised by great bloodshed
• Macedonian: крвопроле́вачки (krvoprolévački) — characterised by great bloodshed
• Persian: خونین (xunin) — characterised by great bloodshed
• Plautdietsch: bloodrich — characterised by great bloodshed
• Polish: krwawy — characterised by great bloodshed
• Portuguese: sangrento — characterised by great bloodshed
• Romanian: sângeros — characterised by great bloodshed
• Romanian: crunt — characterised by great bloodshed
• Russian: крова́вый (krovávyj) — characterised by great bloodshed
• Russian: кровопроли́тный (krovoprolítnyj) — characterised by great bloodshed
• Slovak: krvavý — characterised by great bloodshed
• Lower Sorbian: kšawny — characterised by great bloodshed
• Spanish: sangriento — characterised by great bloodshed
• Spanish: cruento — characterised by great bloodshed
• Spanish: sanguinolento — characterised by great bloodshed
• Spanish: encarnizado — characterised by great bloodshed
• Swedish: blodig — characterised by great bloodshed
• Turkish: kanlı — characterised by great bloodshed
• Turkish: hunhar — characterised by great bloodshed
• Ukrainian: крива́вий (kryvávyj) — characterised by great bloodshed
• Ukrainian: кровопроли́тний (krovoprolýtnyj) — characterised by great bloodshed
• Afrikaans: blêrrie — intensifier
• Afrikaans: verdomde — intensifier
• Afrikaans: verdekselse — intensifier
• Belarusian: чо́ртаў (čórtaw) — intensifier
• Belarusian: яба́ны (jabány) — intensifier
• Catalan: maleït — intensifier
• Chinese Mandarin: 殘忍的 /残忍的 (cánrěn de) — intensifier
• Czech: zatracený — intensifier
• Danish: forbandet — intensifier
• Danish: skide — intensifier
• Danish: blodig — intensifier
• Dutch: stomme — intensifier
• Finnish: hiton — intensifier
• Finnish: perhanan — intensifier
• Finnish: saakelin — intensifier
• Finnish: helkkarin — intensifier
• French: foutu — intensifier
• French: foutue — intensifier
• French: maudit — intensifier
• French: maudite — intensifier
• Galician: fodido — intensifier
• Galician: maldito — intensifier
• German: verdammt — intensifier
• German: verflucht — intensifier
• Greek: βρωμο- (vromo-) — intensifier
• Greek: παλιο- (palio-) — intensifier
• Indonesian: berengsek — intensifier
• Indonesian: bedebah — intensifier
• Italian: fottuto — intensifier
• Italian: maledetto — intensifier
• Japanese: 残酷な (zankoku na) — intensifier
• Macedonian: про́клет (próklet) — intensifier
• Macedonian: е́бан (éban) — intensifier
• Norwegian: jævla — intensifier
• Polish: pieprzony — intensifier
• Polish: cholerny — intensifier
• Polish: kurewski — intensifier
• Polish: jebany — intensifier
• Portuguese: puto — intensifier
• Portuguese: maldito — intensifier
• Russian: чёртовый (čórtovyj) — intensifier
• Russian: ёбаный (jóbanyj) — intensifier
• Russian: грёбаный (grjóbanyj) — intensifier
• Russian: до́лбаный (dólbanyj) — intensifier
• Scottish Gaelic: diabhalta — intensifier
• Scottish Gaelic: diabhlaidh — intensifier
• Serbo-Croatian: про̏кле̄т — intensifier
• Serbo-Croatian: про̀кле̄ти — intensifier
• Serbo-Croatian: prȍklēt — intensifier
• Serbo-Croatian: pròklēti — intensifier
• Slovak: pojebaný — intensifier
• Spanish: jodido — intensifier
• Spanish: maldito — intensifier
• Swedish: djävla — intensifier
• Swedish: förbannad — intensifier
• Swedish: sabla — intensifier
• Swedish: satans — intensifier
• Thai: โคตร (kôot) — intensifier
• Turkish: lanet — intensifier
• Turkish: lanet olası — intensifier
• Turkish: kahrolasıca — intensifier
• Ukrainian: чо́ртів (čórtiv) — intensifier
• Ukrainian: чортя́чий (čortjáčyj) — intensifier
• Ukrainian: бі́сів (bísiv) — intensifier
• Ukrainian: ді́дьків (dídʹkiv) — intensifier
• Ukrainian: ї́баний (jíbanyj) — intensifier
• Dutch: verdomd — used as an intensifier
• French: vachement — used as an intensifier
• German: verdammt — used as an intensifier
• Japanese: 畜生 (chikushō) — used as an intensifier
• Portuguese: o puto do — used as an intensifier
• Thai: โคตร (kôot) — used as an intensifier
• Bulgarian: окървавявам (okǎrvavjavam) — to draw blood
• German: bluten lassen — to draw blood
• German: bluten machen — to draw blood
• German: blutig machen — to draw blood
• Ancient Greek: αἱμάσσω (haimássō) — to draw blood
• Irish: corcraigh — to draw blood
• Italian: insanguinare — to draw blood
• Latin: cruentō — to draw blood
• Macedonian: окр́вави (okŕvavi) — to draw blood
• Old English: rēodan — to draw blood
• Spanish: ensangrentar — to draw blood
• Ukrainian: закрива́влювати (zakryvávljuvaty) — to draw blood
• Ukrainian: закрива́вити (zakryvávyty) — to draw blood