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What is the adjective for bloodletting?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs bleed, blood, bloody, blooden and bloodlet which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

bloody
  1. Covered in blood.
  2. Characterised by bloodshed.
  3. Used as an intensifier.
  4. (dated) Badly behaved; unpleasant; beastly.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. bloodstained, bloodsoaked, bloodied, ensanguined, hematic, hemic, imbrued, sanguinary, gory, grisly, crimson, blood-soaked, blood-spattered, bleeding, sanguineous, sanguine, sanguinolent, blood-drenched, gore-covered, raw, gaping, injured, wounded, emitting blood, shedding blood, oozing blood, flowing with blood, chafed, abraded, scraped, bruised, grazed, scratched, blistered, peeled, unhealed, skinned, galled, excoriated, cut, pared, murderous, bloodthirsty, homicidal, cruel, savage, brutal … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “Many a warrior was slain in battle, mangled by the spear and clad In bloody armor.”
      “Many folks, including parents, may have cringed at the sight of the guy with a bloody nose on the cover of his latest album.”
      “The men were sentenced to death for leading a bloody coup in 1983 in which the Bishop and four of his Cabinet members were killed.”
bloodless
  1. Lacking blood; ashen, anaemic.
  2. Taking place without loss of blood.
  3. Lacking emotion, passion or vivacity.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. languid, lifeless, listless, passionless, spiritless, cold, feeble, limp, unanimated, unenthusiastic, unfeeling, bland, lukewarm, torpid, unemotional, vapid, dull, impassive, insensible, lazy, slow, sluggish, half-hearted, wishy-washy, indifferent, apathetic, lethargic, unconcerned, uninterested, careless, casual, slothful, indolent, passive, insouciant, lax, languorous, inert, disinterested, inattentive, idle, enervated, uncaring, offhand, slapdash, leisurely, relaxed, pococurante, shiftless, languishing … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “It was mechanical, lifeless, bloodless and monotonous, but the material was brilliant.”
      “His perfectly straight nose was exactly proportionate to his mouth with his almost bloodless lips.”
      “Twelve political parties and three coalitions are fielding candidates in the election, organised just six months after a bloodless coup toppled the president.”
blooded
  1. Experienced.
  2. Descended from.
  3. (zoology, of horses, cattle, etc.) derived from ancestors of good blood; having a good pedigree.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. pedigree, thoroughbred, purebred, pedigreed, pure-blooded, pure-blood, full-blooded, full-blood, pure, blood, unmixed, pure-bred, full-bred, pureblooded, pureblood, papered, graded, of unmixed stock, highbred … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Surrender my blooded child back to me as I am not prepared to give out my blood to an innocent person who did not conceive of the child.”
bloodsucking
  1. (of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
  2. (by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading
  3. Synonyms:
      4. vampiric, parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, vampirish, freeloading, sponging, scrounging, exploitative, leeching, mooching … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “He pulls up his shirt to reveal a bloodsucking creature attached to his belly.”
      “Similarly, as soon as I crossed the doorstep, the June hordes of bloodsucking blackflies and horseflies left off their hot pursuit.”
      “A female ready to deposit her eggs seeks out a bloodsucking insect, generally a fly or mosquito.”
bloodsoaked
  1. Soaked in blood.
  2. Marked by bloodshed.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. bloody, bloodstained, bloodied, ensanguined, hematic, hemic, imbrued, sanguinary, gory, grisly, crimson, blood-soaked, blood-spattered, sanguineous, bleeding, sanguine, sanguinolent, blood-drenched, gore-covered … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “One elderly man, still wearing bloodsoaked night clothes, was carried from the destruction.”
      “His bloodsoaked vestments are now on display in San Salvador for pilgrims and tourists to see.”
      “Best known for his bloodsoaked gore epics, She-Devils marked a major departure and was a surprising non-horror hit.”
bloodthirsty
  1. Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed, murderous.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. murderous, savage, cruel, brutal, vicious, ferocious, homicidal, barbarous, merciless, ruthless, fierce, inhuman, bloody, sanguinary, pitiless, heartless, barbaric, callous, sadistic, remorseless, violent, sanguine, sanguineous, murdering, warlike, gory, bellicose, slaughterous, horrible, cut-throat, bloody-minded, monstrous, brutish, inhumane, grim, fiendish, fell, harsh, atrocious, brute, butcherly, wicked, aggressive, bestial, cold-blooded, truculent, dangerous, unmerciful, beastly, wild … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Those who took to their heels were followed on horseback by the bloodthirsty troops and put to the sword.”
      “Rarely has the true face of our bloodthirsty, dishonest and hypocritical rulers been revealed so clearly.”
      “Our view of the Vikings is bloodthirsty men who raped, pillaged and plundered.”
bloodlusty
  1. Exhibiting bloodlust; violently aggressive; bloodthirsty.
bloodborne
  1. (medicine) Usually of a pathogen, carried in the bloodstream and other body fluids.
  2. Examples:
      3. “In 1999 we prepared blood smears from all adults to check for the presence of hematozoa, bloodborne parasites transmitted by biting Diptera.”
      “Health Canada has made a series of recommendations about reducing the risks of occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens in the workplace.”
      “Prevention of bloodborne trasmission is done through screening of donors and donor blood and through rationalised blood use policies.”
bloodshot
  1. (of the eyes) reddened and inflamed because of congested blood vessels
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sore, inflamed, pink, bloody, red, red-rimmed, swollen, gory, ensanguined, bloodstained … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “His eyes were red and bloodshot and he looked worn and tattered with emotion.”
      “The lights began fading slowly until all that lit the darkness were bright red rings within bloodshot eyeballs.”
      “It was now a tangle of grasping arms, each with a single yellow bloodshot eye on a seven-fingered palm and upwards of eight leathery bat wings.”
bleedy
  1. Related to bleeding or spillage
bloodguilty
  1. Guilty of murder or bloodshed.
  2. Examples:
      3. “How can you be bloodguilty for killing an embryo before it develops any blood?”
      “It is obvious that one cannot be held bloodguilty for killing an organism which has no blood.”
      “The ghost of the past makes some of us feel bloodguilty in the sight of God.”
bloodsome
  1. (literally and figuratively) Marked by blood; bloody (all senses)
  2. Examples:
      3. “Cannes is the hotel garden, which contains ornamental water with ducks, water-rats etc, and forms an oasis in this bloodsome desert.”
bloodfed
  1. That have been fed on a diet of blood
bloodthirsting
  1. Alternative form of bloodthirsty
bloodshotten
  1. Obsolete form of bloodshot.
bloodhungry
  1. Eager to kill or shed blood.
bleddy
  1. (South Africa) bloody (intensifier)
bloodyish
  1. Somewhat bloody.
bloodlike
  1. Resembling blood.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Once inside a victim, the fungus feasts on the doomed creature's bloodlike hemolymph, nimbly evading prey defenses with tricks, some unknown to science.”
bleeding
  1. Losing blood
  2. Synonyms:
      3. infernal, blasted, damnable, accursed, confounded, cursed, deuced, danged, doggone, freaking, goddamned, cussed, darn, doggoned, dang, durn, darned, flaming, accurst, wretched, rotten, durned, blinking, bloody, curst, blooming, ruddy, blessed, pestilential, flipping, blimming, effing, horrible, bally, irritating, chuffing, annoying, execrable, plurry, exasperating, infuriating, pesky, dratted, pestiferous, blamed, aggravating, dashed, cotton-picking, precious, unspeakable … more
bloodthirstier
  1. comparative form of bloodthirsty: more bloodthirsty
  2. Synonyms:
      3. crueler, viciouser, fiercer, bloodier, violenter, gorier, horribler, more murderous, more savage, more brutal, more ferocious, more barbarous, more merciless, more ruthless, more inhuman, more sanguinary, more pitiless, more heartless, more barbaric, more callous, more sadistic, more sanguine, more sanguineous, more warlike, more bellicose, more bloody-minded, more monstrous, more brutish, more inhumane, grimmer, more fiendish, feller, harsher, more atrocious, more brute, more butcherly, wickeder, more aggressive, more bestial, more cold-blooded, more truculent, more dangerous, more unmerciful, beastlier, wilder, more destructive, more malevolent, ghastlier, more diabolical, more cutthroat … more
bloodthirstiest
  1. superlative form of bloodthirsty: most bloodthirsty
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cruelest, viciousest, fiercest, bloodiest, violentest, goriest, horriblest, most murderous, most savage, most brutal, most ferocious, most barbarous, most merciless, most ruthless, most inhuman, most sanguinary, most pitiless, most heartless, most barbaric, most callous, most sadistic, most sanguine, most sanguineous, most warlike, most bellicose, most bloody-minded, most monstrous, most brutish, most inhumane, grimmest, most fiendish, fellest, harshest, most atrocious, most brute, most butcherly, wickedest, most aggressive, most bestial, most cold-blooded, most truculent, most dangerous, most unmerciful, beastliest, wildest, most destructive, most malevolent, ghastliest, most diabolical, most cutthroat … more
bleedier
  1. comparative form of bleedy: more bleedy
bloodier
  1. comparative form of bloody: more bloody
  2. Synonyms:
      3. gorier, grislier, more bloodstained, more bloodsoaked, more ensanguined, more imbrued, more sanguinary, more crimson, more blood-soaked, more sanguineous, more sanguine, more sanguinolent, rawer, more gaping, more rare, more undercooked, more underdone, pinker, more uncooked, redder, fresher, more mooing, greener, more natural, unriper, sorer, more inflamed, more bloodshot, more blue, juicier, bloodthirstier, crueler, viciouser, fiercer, grimmer, heavier, more murderous, more savage, more brutal, more ferocious, more barbarous, more warlike, more cutthroat, more bloody-minded, violenter, feller … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The inside of this amphtrac was even bloodier than the one they had entered the day before. ”
      “One further case of separation, in Africa, was much bloodier, when Eritrea achieved independence from Ethiopia by reverting to pre-established colonial boundaries.”
      “That would have serious consequences for a region already threatened by new and even bloodier conflicts.”
bleediest
  1. superlative form of bleedy: most bleedy
bloodiest
  1. superlative form of bloody: most bloody
  2. Synonyms:
      3. goriest, grisliest, most bloodstained, most bloodsoaked, most ensanguined, most imbrued, most sanguinary, most crimson, most blood-soaked, most sanguineous, most sanguine, most sanguinolent, rawest, most gaping, most rare, most undercooked, most underdone, pinkest, most uncooked, reddest, freshest, most mooing, greenest, most natural, unripest, sorest, most inflamed, most bloodshot, most blue, juiciest, bloodthirstiest, cruelest, viciousest, fiercest, grimmest, heaviest, most murderous, most savage, most brutal, most ferocious, most barbarous, most warlike, most cutthroat, most bloody-minded, violentest, fellest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The appellation takes its name from the village of Minerve, scene of one of the bloodiest sieges of the Cathar sect in the 13th century.”
      “His was a worm's-eye view of one of the bloodiest episodes of the 20th century.”
      “Exactly 85 years ago the armistice was signed ending at the end of the Great War, the bloodiest conflict in history.”
bled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of bleed
  2. Synonyms:
      3. used, exhausted, consumed, depleted, burned, burnt, expended, gobbled, got through, guzzled, ran through, spent, used up, wasted, wore out, dissipated, drained, finished up, frittered away, frivolled away, squandered, went through, dried up, finished, milked, sucked dry, burned up, emptied, sapped, impoverished, run through, absorbed, absorpt, devoured, bled dry, deprived, reduced, strained, bankrupted, played out, washed up, gone through, been through, diminished, utilized, attenuated, undermined, slashed, dried, swallowed up … more
blooding
  1. present participle of blood
bloodied
  1. simple past tense and past participle of bloody
  2. Synonyms:
      3. impaired, damaged, marred, spoiled, spoilt, ruined, harmed, compromised, hurt, undermined, injured, destroyed, weakened, defaced, disfigured, vitiated, blemished, crippled, broke, brake, broken, flawed, blighted, diminished, endamaged, tarnished, impeded, crabbed, debased, disabled, debilitated, reduced, totalled, totaled, hindered, enfeebled, threatened, devalued, deteriorated, lessened, prejudiced, blunted, queered, enervated, cheapened, decreased, invalidated, worsened, dinged, tweaked … more
bloodying
  1. present participle of bloody
  2. Synonyms:
      3. impairing, damaging, marring, spoiling, ruining, harming, compromising, hurting, undermining, injuring, destroying, weakening, defacing, disfiguring, vitiating, blemishing, crippling, breaking, flawing, blighting, diminishing, endamaging, tarnishing, impeding, crabbing, debasing, disabling, debilitating, reducing, totalling, totaling, hindering, enfeebling, threatening, devaluing, deteriorating, lessening, prejudicing, blunting, queering, enervating, cheapening, decreasing, invalidating, worsening, dinging, tweaking, devaluating, disqualifying, unfitting … more
bloodened
  1. simple past tense and past participle of blooden
bloodening
  1. present participle of blooden
bloodlet
  1. (intransitive) To bleed; let blood; phlebotomise.
bloodletting
  1. present participle of bloodlet
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