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blood-stained

blood·stained
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bluhd-steynd]
    • /ˈblʌdˌsteɪnd/
    • /blʌd steɪnd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bluhd-steynd]
    • /ˈblʌdˌsteɪnd/

Definitions of blood-stained word

  • adjective blood-stained stained with blood: a bloodstained knife. 1
  • adjective blood-stained guilty of murder, slaughter, or bloodshed. 1
  • adjective blood-stained Alternative spelling of bloodstained. 0
See all 3 definitions of blood-stained

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Origin of blood-stained

First appearance:

before 1590
One of the 37% oldest English words
1590-1600; blood + stained; see stain, -ed2

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Parts of speech for Blood-stained

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Blood-stained

blood-stained popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

Synonyms for blood-stained

adj blood-stained

  • sickening — causing or capable of causing sickness, especially nausea, disgust, or loathing: sickening arrogance.
  • terrifying — to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
  • dreadful — causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm.
  • horrid — such as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable.
  • eerie — uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird: an eerie midnight howl.
All 25 Synonyms of blood-stained

Antonyms for blood-stained

adj blood-stained

  • delightful — If you describe something or someone as delightful, you mean they are very pleasant.
  • pleasing — giving pleasure; agreeable; gratifying: a pleasing performance.
  • pleasant — pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure: pleasant news.
  • wonderful — excellent; great; marvelous: We all had a wonderful weekend.
  • beautiful — A beautiful person is very attractive to look at.
All 10 Antonyms of blood-stained

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