Bloody vs. Sanguineous — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bloody and Sanguineous
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Bloody
Bloody, as an adverb, is a commonly used expletive attributive in British English, Australian English, Irish English, Indian English and a number of other Commonwealth nations. It has been used as an intensive since at least the 1670s.
Sanguineous
Relating to or involving blood or bloodshed.
Bloody
Covered, smeared, or running with blood
His bloody hands
Sanguineous
Having the color of blood; blood-red.
Bloody
Involving or characterized by bloodshed or cruelty
A bloody coup
The bloody tyrannies of Europe
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Sanguineous
Accompanied by bloodshed; bloody.
Bloody
Used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis
Bloody Hell!—what was that?
You took your bloody time
It's bloody cold outside
Sanguineous
Eager for bloody violence; bloodthirsty.
Bloody
Unpleasant or perverse
Don't be too bloody to poor Nigel
Sanguineous
Resembling or constituting blood.
Bloody
Cover or stain with blood
He ended the fight with his face bloodied and battered
Sanguineous
Abounding with blood; sanguine.
Bloody
Stained with blood.
Sanguineous
Of or pertaining to blood; bloody; constituting blood.
Bloody
Of, characteristic of, or containing blood.
Sanguineous
Blood-red; crimson.
Bloody
Accompanied by or giving rise to bloodshed
A bloody fight.
Sanguineous
Accompanied by bloodshed;
This bitter and sanguinary war
Bloody
Bloodthirsty.
Bloody
Suggesting the color of blood; blood-red.
Bloody
Chiefly British Slang Used as an intensive
"Everyone wants to have a convict in his bloody family tree" (Robert Hughes).
Bloody
Chiefly British Slang Used as an intensive
Bloody well right.
Bloody
To stain, spot, or color with or as if with blood.
Bloody
To make bleed, as by injuring or wounding
The troops were bloodied in the skirmish.
Bloody
Covered in blood.
All that remained of his right hand after the accident was a bloody stump.
Bloody
Characterised by bloodshed.
There have been bloody battles between the two tribes.
Bloody
Used as an intensifier.
Traffic in central London was a bloody mess this morning.
Bloody
(dated) Badly behaved; unpleasant; beastly.
Bloody
Used to express anger, annoyance, shock, or for emphasis.
Bloody
(transitive) To stain with blood.
The butcher often bloodied his apron in the course of his work.
Bloody
(transitive) To draw blood from (one's opponent) in a fight.
Bloody
(transitive) To demonstrably harm (the cause of an opponent). en
Bloody
(informal) bloody mary
Bloody
Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood; as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat.
Bloody
Smeared or stained with blood; as, bloody hands; a bloody handkerchief.
Bloody
Given, or tending, to the shedding of blood; having a cruel, savage disposition; murderous; cruel.
Some bloody passion shakes your very frame.
Bloody
Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp., marked by great slaughter or cruelty; as, a bloody battle.
Bloody
Infamous; contemptible; - variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet.
Bloody
To stain with blood.
Bloody
Cover with blood;
Bloody your hands
Bloody
Having or covered with or accompanied by blood;
A bloody nose
Your scarf is all bloody
The effects will be violent and probably bloody
A bloody fight
Bloody
(used of persons) informal intensifiers;
What a bally (or blinking) nuisance
A bloody fool
A crashing bore
You flaming idiot
Bloody
Extremely;
You are bloody right
Why are you so all-fired aggressive?
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