BLOOD'Y, adjective Stained with blood. 1. Cruel; murderous; given to the shedding of blood; or having a cruel, savage disposition; applied to animals. 2. Attended with bloodshed; marked by cruelty; applied to things; as a bloody battle. BLOOD'Y, verb transitive To stain with blood. BLOODY', adverb Very; as bloody sick, bloody drunk. [This is very vulgar.]
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