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bloodsome

bloodsome adjective: marked by blood; bloody (all senses).

Adjective

bloodsome (comparative more bloodsome, superlative most bloodsome)

  1. (literal and figurative) Marked by blood; bloody (all senses).
    • The sight of the rope against the whitewashed wall and the thought of the bloodsome uproar which was about to smash the peace of the night into hash served to deepen that rummy feeling to which I have alluded.2008, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, Right Ho, Jeeves
    • If not for all that beyond the Forest, the Waters, I would not this Anxiousness have, but indeed with the sign of that Carnage, bloodsome, not only to me but to everyone 'tis Burdensome, bothersome, and every—[...]2008, Witold Gombrowicz, Trans-Atlantyk

Noun

bloodsome

  1. A kind of greensome game in which the opposition pairing choose which ball is played.
    Synonyms:
    gruesome

Examples of bloodsome in a sentence

  • The only tolerable thing about Cannes is the hotel garden, which contains ornamental water with ducks, water-rats etc, and forms an oasis in this bloodsome desert.2013, P. G. Wodehouse, Sophie Ratcliffe, P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters:
  • '[...] It makes things rather bloodsome.'2013, Jim Perrin, Shipton and Tilman:
  • “It's not just the bloodsome noise; but, also, you're out of time.”2014, Gabriel Fielding, Through Streets Broad and Narrow:
  • How is the bloodsome war in your part of the world?'2015, Lt.-Colonel John Frederick Lucy, There’s A Devil In The Drum:

Synonyms of bloodsome

Forms of bloodsome

comparativemore bloodsome
superlativemost bloodsome

Origin of bloodsome

From blood + -some.

Blend of blood + foursome.

Questions about bloodsome

What does bloodsome mean?
Bloodsome means marked by blood; bloody (all senses).
How do you use bloodsome in a sentence?
The only tolerable thing about Cannes is the hotel garden, which contains ornamental water with ducks, water-rats etc, and forms an oasis in this bloodsome desert.
What part of speech is bloodsome?
Bloodsome can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near bloodsome in the dictionary

  1. bloodshotten
  2. bloodshotting
  3. bloodsicle
  4. bloodsicles
  5. bloodsoaked
  6. bloodsome
  7. bloodspiller
  8. bloodspillers
  9. bloodspilling
  10. bloodsport
  11. bloodsports

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