Bloody

Bloody is the adjectival form of blood. It is commonly used as an expletive attributive (intensifier) in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth and ex-Commonwealth countries, including Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Anglophone Caribbean, India, and Pakistan.

Famous quotes containing the word bloody:

“They use the snaffle and the curb all right;
But where’s the bloody horse?”
—Roy Campbell (1902–1957)

“To give the victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

“The bay-trees in our country are all withered,
And meteors fright the fixèd stars of heaven.
The pale-faced moon looks bloody on the earth,
And lean-looked prophets whisper fearful change.
Rich men look sad, and ruffians dance and leap;
The one in fear to lose what they enjoy,
The other to enjoy by rage and war.
These signs forerun the death or fall of kings.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)