Definition of Bloodstained

1. Adjective. Covered with blood. "A gory dagger"

Exact synonyms: Gory
Similar to: Bloody

Definition of Bloodstained

1. Adjective. Stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood. ¹

2. Adjective. Having the color of something which has been stained with blood. ¹

3. Adjective. Responsible for the deaths of others. ¹

4. Adjective. By extension from sense #3, guilty of wrongdoing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bloodstained

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bloodstained

bloodroots
bloods
bloodshed
bloodshedder
bloodshedders
bloodshedding
bloodsheddings
bloodsheds
bloodshotten
bloodsport
bloodsports
bloodspot
bloodspots
bloodstain
bloodstained (current term)
bloodstains
bloodstick
bloodsticks
bloodstock
bloodstocks
bloodstone
bloodstones
bloodstream
bloodstreams
bloodstroke
bloodsucker
bloodsuckers
bloodsucking
bloodthirst

Literary usage of Bloodstained

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century of the Renaissance by Louis Batiffol (1916)
"CHAPTER VI bloodstained ANARCHY. CHARLES IX Charles IX, 1560-1574 : Regency of Catherine de' Medici with Michel de 1'Hopital as her Chancellor. ..."

2. Around the Kremlin: Or, Pictures of Life in Moscow by George T. Lowth (1868)
"... Dying Monks—The Greek Monk—Differences in Monkish Life—The bloodstained Tower—A Monk's Cell—Ecclesiastical Academy—The Troitsa Convent a Microcosm. ..."

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