bloodied
UK: ˈblʌd.id | US: ˈblʌd.id
adj. stained or covered with blood
vt. past tense of "bloody" (to make something bloody)
The word "bloodied" combines "blood," from Old English "blōd," referring to the vital red fluid in organisms, with the suffix "-ied," a variant of "-ed" used to form past participles. The term originally described physical staining by blood (e.g., a weapon or wound) and later extended metaphorically to describe figurative "wounding" (e.g., "a bloodied reputation"). The suffix "-ied" preserves the root spelling while adapting to phonetic ease after the "-y" in "bloody."
The soldier returned with a bloodied uniform.
Her hands were bloodied from the accident.
The boxer bloodied his opponent’s nose in the first round.
The protest left the streets bloodied and chaotic.
The hunter’s knife lay bloodied on the ground.