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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

blood·y¹ / ˈblədē/ • adj. (bloodier, bloodiest) 1. covered, smeared, or running with blood: a bloody body. ∎ composed of or resembling blood: a bloody discharge. 2. involving or characterized by bloodshed or cruelty: the bloody tyrannies of Europe. • v. (blood·ies, blood·ied) [tr.] (often be bloodied) cover or stain with blood: he ended the fight with his face bloodied and battered fig. she has been bloodied in her three years on the commission. DERIVATIVES: blood·i·ly / ˈblədəlē/ adv. blood·i·ness n. blood·y² • adj. inf., chiefly Brit. used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis: took your bloody time

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bloody

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

bloody •body, embody, Irrawaddy, Kirkcaldy, noddy, Passamaquoddy, shoddy, Soddy, squaddie, toddy, wadi •secondi, spondee, tondi •anybody • everybody • busybody •dogsbody • homebody •bawdy, gaudy, Geordie, Lordy •baldy, Garibaldi, Grimaldi •Maundy •cloudy, dowdy, Gaudí, howdy, rowdy, Saudi •Jodie, roadie, toady, tody •Goldie, mouldy (US moldy), oldie •broody, foodie, Judy, moody, Rudi, Trudy, Yehudi •goody, hoodie, woody •Burundi, Kirundi, Mappa Mundi •Rushdie •bloody, buddy, cruddy, cuddy, muddy, nuddy, ruddy, study •barramundi, bassi profundi, Lundy, undy •fuddy-duddy • understudy •Lombardy • nobody • somebody •organdie (US organdy) • burgundy •Arcady •chickadee, Picardy •malady • melody • Lollardy •psalmody • Normandy • threnody •hymnody • jeopardy • chiropody •parody • rhapsody • prosody •bastardy • custody •birdie, curdy, hurdy-gurdy, nerdy, sturdy, vinho verde, wordy •olde worlde

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