Synonyms for bloody
- adjective
Most common
brutal savage murderous sanguinary morbid gory blood-stained blood-thirsty
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Sanguinary — used as an intensifier
sanguinary, murderous, brutal, flaming informal UK AU, savage, cruel, ferocious, infernal, ruddy, barbarous, blooming UK AU, cursed, unmitigated, accursed, fell, blasted, crashing, dashed, blimming, damn vulgar slang, fucking vulgar, goddamn vulgar
2. Gory — covered in blood
gory, morbid, slaughterous, sanguineous, ensanguined, sanguinolent
Other
blood-stained, blood-thirsty, homicidal, bloody-minded, jeezly dated US
Definitions
- adj. 1
Covered in blood.
All that remained of his right hand after the accident was a bloody stump.
- adj. 2
Used as an intensifier.
Traffic in central London was a bloody mess this morning.
Related words
- Word family
- bloodiness bloody-minded bloody-mindedness
- Phrases
- bloody hell bloody dock bloody nose bloody mary bloody well scream bloody murder
- Other spellings
- bleedy
Example sentences
- brutal The city was ruined by the brutal force of nature.
- savage There are still some savage tribes on that island.
- murderous Tom gave Mary a murderous look and left the room.
- morbid He has a morbid fondness for murder mysteries.
- gory I don't think really we want to know all the gory details.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| bloody | rising | |
| brutal | rising | |
| savage | rising | |
| murderous | rising | |
| sanguinary | falling | |
| morbid | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- damn1, fell1, gory2
- 5 letters
- cruel2, ruddy2
- 6 letters
- brutal2, savage2, cursed1, dashed1, morbid2, jeezly
- 7 letters
- fucking2, goddamn2, blasted2, flaming2
- 8 letters
- crashing2, blooming2, infernal3, accursed2, blimming
- 9 letters
- murderous3, ferocious3, homicidal4, barbarous3
- 10 letters
- sanguinary
- 11 letters
- unmitigated5, sanguineous, ensanguined
- 12 letters
- slaughterous, sanguinolent
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gory2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- sanglant
- Italiano
- sanguinoso
- Español
- sangriento