bloody

Signification

Adj

1. Covered in blood.
2. Characterised by bloodshed.
3. (informal) Used as an intensifier.
4. Badly behaved; unpleasant; beastly.

Adv

Used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or for emphasis.

Verb

1. To stain with blood.
2. To draw blood from (one's opponent) in a fight.
3. To demonstrably harm (the cause of an opponent).

Noun

bloody mary

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈblʌ.diː/

Étymologie

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 Dutch bloedig (“bloody”), German blutig (“bloody”), Danish blodig (“bloody”), Swedish blodig (“bloody”), Icelandic blóðugur (“bloody”). See Wikipedia for thoughts on sense evolution.

Phrases

Decades later , political unrest in the kingdoms of Elemen turned into bloody civil war .

Des décennies plus tard, les troubles politiques dans les royaumes d'Ememen se sont transformés en guerre civile sanglante.