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Synonyms for bleeding

  • noun
  • adjective

Most common

print-through bleed-through ghosting blood-letting venesection

All synonyms

Noun

1. Bleed-through — the migration of impressions (dents), ink, or both through the substrate (paper or otherwise)

bleed-through, ghosting, print-through

Other

hemorrhage US, haemorrhage UK, blood-letting, phlebotomy, venesection

Adjective

bloody, damned, ruddy, wretched

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The migration of impressions (dents), ink, or both through the substrate (paper or otherwise).

  2. adj. 1

    Losing blood.

Related words

Word family
bleeder
Phrases
bleeding heart bleeding heck bleeding hell bleeding sickness bleeding tooth fungus reflex bleeding bleeding edge

Forms

Plural
bleedings → bleed-throughs, ghostings, hemorrhages, phlebotomies…

Example sentences

  • ghosting I think Tom may be ghosting me.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
bleedingrising
ghostingrising
venesectionfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
ruddy2
6 letters
bloody2, damned1
8 letters
wretched2, ghosting
10 letters
hemorrhage3, phlebotomy
11 letters
haemorrhage, venesection

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ruddy2 = 2 syllables).