To save this word, bloody mary mix’ll need to log in. How does the adjective bloody contrast with its synonyms? The words gory and sanguinary are common synonyms of bloody. While all three words mean “affected by or involving the shedding of blood,” bloody is applied especially to things that are actually covered with blood or are made up of blood.

Chiefly British Slang Used as an intensive: bloody well right. To stain, spot, or color with or as if with blood. To make bleed, as by injuring or wounding: The troops were bloodied in the skirmish. Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc.