ˈblʌdɪ adj., adv., & v. --adj. (bloodier, bloodiest) 1 a of or like
blood. b
running or smeared
with blood (bloody bandage). 2 a involving,
loving, or resulting
from bloodshed (bloody battle). b
sanguinary;
cruel (bloody butcher). 3
coarse sl. expressing annoyance or
antipathy, or as an
intensive (a bloody
shame; a bloody
sight better;
not a bloody
chocolate left). 4
red. --adv. coarse sl. as an intensive (a bloody
good job; I'll bloody
thump him). --v.tr. (-ies, -ied)
make bloody;
stain with blood. øbloody
hand Heraldry the armorial
device of a
baronet. Bloody Mary a
drink composed of
vodka and tomato juice. bloody-minded colloq. deliberately
uncooperative. bloody-mindedly colloq. in a
perverse or uncooperative
manner. bloody-mindedness colloq. perversity, contrariness. øøbloodily adv. bloodiness n. [OE blodig (as BLOOD, -Y(1))]