Dictionary

bloodstained en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈblʌdˌsteɪnd/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der.? Proto-Germanic *blōþą Proto-West Germanic *blōd Old English blōd Middle English blood English blood English stained English bloodstained From blood + stained.

Meanings

1. Stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood.
2. Having the color of something which has been stained with blood.
3. Responsible for the deaths of others; guilty of murder.
   • This self-delusion is even more the case with Trotsky, whose bloodstained intolerance is generally passed over because the 1960s student generation pretended then, and pretends still, that Trotsky was in some way a freedom-loving, Gulag-free alternative to Stalin. 2010, Peter Hitchens, The Cameron Delusion, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
4. (broadly) Guilty of wrongdoing.

Forms

Deriveds

blood-stained cockatoo

Relateds

bloodsoaked

Synonyms

bloody

Translations (42)

sh кр̏вав (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · sh kȑvav (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · cs zkrvavený (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · pl krwawy (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · hi लहू-लुहान (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · ga fuilsmeartha (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · mk крвав (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · sl krvav (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · ru окрова́вленный (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · sga fuilech (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · be крыва́вы (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · sv blodfläckad (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · uk крива́вий (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · fr sanglant (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · pl zakrwawiony (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · bg кърва́в (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · sk zakrvavený (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · ky колу кандуу (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · fi veren tahrima (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · la cruentus (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · ko 피투성이의 (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · la sanguineus (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · bg окърва́вен (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · sk krvavý (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · ga fordhearg (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · fi verinen (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · de blutbefleckt (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · ko 핏자국이 있는 (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · fr ensanglanté (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · be акрыва́ўленны (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · ja 血まみれの (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · cs krvavý (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · ru крова́вый (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · ja 血塗れ (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · ang blōdfāg (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · bg кървя́щ (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · fr taché de sang (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · uk закрива́влений (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · cs zakrvácený (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · be скрыва́ўлены (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · cmn 血污的 (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood) · hy արյունոտ (stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood)