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Adjective

Covered in blood

Involving or characterized by bloodshed or cruelty

Used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis

Covered, smeared, or running with blood

Exhausting all effort

Involving or showing violence and bloodshed

Not fully cooked

Ould or piffling

Containing or tinged with blood

Unpleasantly bright in colour, especially so as to create a harsh or unnatural effect

Having a reddish skin tone, suggestive of good health of negative emotions

Without regret or guilt

Complete or absolute

Verb

To cause damage to

To hurt or injure someone physically, mentally or emotionally

To show shyness, embarrassment, or shame by becoming red in the face

Adverb

To a great extent or degree

Noun

A cocktail made from vodka, tomato juice, and other spices or flavorings

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Adjective

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Covered in blood

“His fingers were bloody and cracked.”

Adjective

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Involving or characterized by bloodshed or cruelty

demoralized^US

demoralised^UK

uncivilized^US

uncivilised^UK

ill-humored^US

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

with a heart of stone

red in tooth and claw

unsavoury^UK

grueling^US

punishing

impossible

knock-down-and-drag-out

gruelling^UK

every person for themselves

unsavory^US

dishonoured^UK

vulgarised^UK

vulgarized^US

dishonored^US

intensely competitive

smouldering^UK

terrorizing^US

sombre^UK

somber^US

smoldering^US

terrorising^UK

gray^US

grey^UK

like getting blood out of a stone

easier said than done

labored^US

laboured^UK

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“The 13 were sentenced to death for leading a bloody coup in 1983 in which the Bishop and four of his Cabinet members were killed.”

Adjective

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Used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

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“Stop being a bloody idiot and behave yourself.”

Adjective

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Covered, smeared, or running with blood

“Many folks, including parents, may have cringed at the sight of the guy with a bloody nose on the cover of his latest album.”

Adjective

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Exhausting all effort

Adjective

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Involving or showing violence and bloodshed

colourful^UK

colorful^US

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

sombre^UK

somber^US

ill-favored^US

terrorizing^US

agonizing^US

terrorising^UK

humourless^UK

humorless^US

agonising^UK

fetid^US

anemic^US

anaemic^UK

like the back end of a bus

foetid^UK

gray^US

grey^UK

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Adjective

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Not fully cooked

Adjective

Ould or piffling

Adjective

Containing or tinged with blood

sanguinolent

Adjective

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Unpleasantly bright in colour, especially so as to create a harsh or unnatural effect

colorful^US

colourful^UK

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Adjective

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Having a reddish skin tone, suggestive of good health of negative emotions

colored^US

coloured^UK

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Adjective

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Without regret or guilt

with a heart of stone

having a killer instinct

gray^US

grey^UK

at each other's throats

with a hide like an elephant

blind to

deaf to

toughened by experience

frosty

inured to

chilly

as tough as old boots

demoralised^UK

demoralized^US

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

sombre^UK

somber^US

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

labored^US

laboured^UK

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

wintry^US

wintery^UK

every person for themselves

intensely competitive

have chip on shoulder

unfavorable^US

like getting blood out of a stone

almighty

discomforting

dicey

easier said than done

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

ill-humored^US

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Adjective

Complete or absolute

straight from the shoulder

straight-from-the-shoulder

straight to the point

speaking as one finds

not afraid to call a spade a spade

as sure as eggs is eggs

not beating around the bush

without qualification

without reserve

no beating around the bush

easily understandable

recognized^US

recognised^UK

saying what one thinks

calling spade a spade

lay it on the line

aboveboard

bare-faced

laying it on the line

focused^US

focussed^UK

not subject to change

not mincing one's words

speaking one's mind

calling a spade a spade

not beating about the bush

lock stock and barrel

most extreme

most distant

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Verb

To cause damage to

vandalize^US

discolour^UK

discolor^US

vandalise^UK

destabilize^US

jeopardize^US

jeopardise^UK

destabilise^UK

paralyse^UK

put out of commission

cause detriment to

throw a monkey wrench into

paralyze^US

rain on someone's parade

drive a nail into the coffin of

be a blot on the landscape

brutalize^US

dishonour^UK

brutalise^UK

dishonor^US

traumatize^US

traumatise^UK

pulverize^US

pulverise^UK

victimize^US

immobilize^US

victimise^UK

demoralise^UK

demoralize^US

immobilise^UK

vaporize^US

be disadvantageous to

vaporise^UK

have a negative effect on

treat with disrespect

throw monkey wrench in

throw a spanner in the works of

lay waste to

put paid to

divide

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

put someone's life on the line

color^US

colour^UK

pull the rug out from under

agonize^US

bastardise^UK

bastardize^US

minimize^US

minimise^UK

agonise^UK

bowdlerize^US

bowdlerise^UK

cause the sacrifice of

strike at the foundations

have a negative impact on

bring to a standstill

pummelled^UK

commit sacrilege against

pummel^US

knock the stuffing out of

bring about the downfall of

knock the bottom out of

make an impression on

tug at your heartstrings

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Verb

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To hurt or injure someone physically, mentally or emotionally

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To show shyness, embarrassment, or shame by becoming red in the face

colour^UK

color^US

go as red as a beetroot

be suffused with colour

be a picture of health

smolder^US

smoulder^UK

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Adverb

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To a great extent or degree

to too great an extent

one hundred per cent

too much

in excess

to too great an degree

by a considerable amount

tons^US

tonnes^UK

from the bottom of your heart

marvelously^US

to too great a degree

without restraint

without control

to the greatest degree

best

to the highest degree

out of all proportion

ill-advisedly

unsuitably

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“In comparison to Glasgow, its bloody cold here.”

Noun

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A cocktail made from vodka, tomato juice, and other spices or flavorings

bloody mary

“However the fact that the losing side could not easily escape meant that battles tended to be hard and bloody.”

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