Meanings
comparative more bloodstained · superlative most bloodstained · alternative blood-stained
- Stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood.
Synonyms: bloody
- Having the color of something which has been stained with blood.
- 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 - broadlyGuilty of wrongdoing.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveStained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰleh₃-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*blōþą
- Proto-West Germanic*blōd
- Old Englishblōd
- Middle Englishblood
- Englishblood
- Englishstained
- Englishbloodstained
Translations
Bulgarian кърва́в, кървя́щ
- кърва́в (kărváv)stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
- кървя́щ (kărvjášt)stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
- окърва́вен (okărváven)stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
Chinese Mandarin 血污的
- 血污的 (xuèwū de, xuěwū de, xiěwū de)stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
Czech zakrvácený, zkrvavený
- zakrvácenýstained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
- zkrvavenýstained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
- krvavýstained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
Finnish verinen, veren tahrima
- verinenstained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
- veren tahrimastained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
French taché de sang, sanglant
- taché de sangstained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
- sanglantstained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
- ensanglantéstained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
German blutbefleckt
- blutbeflecktstained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
Hindi लहू-लुहान
- लहू-लुहान (lahū-luhān)stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
Irish fuilsmeartha, fordhearg
- fuilsmearthastained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
- fordheargstained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
Japanese 血塗れ, 血まみれの
- 血塗れ (chimamire)stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
- 血まみれの (chimamire no)stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
Korean 피투성이의, 핏자국이 있는
- 피투성이의 (pituseong'iui)stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
- 핏자국이 있는 (pitjagugi inneun)stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
Latin cruentus, sanguineus
- cruentusstained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
- sanguineusstained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
Polish krwawy, zakrwawiony
- krwawystained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
- zakrwawionystained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
Russian окрова́вленный, крова́вый
- окрова́вленный (okrovávlennyj)stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
- крова́вый (krovávyj)stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
Slovak krvavý, zakrvavený
- krvavýstained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
- zakrvavenýstained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
Swedish blodfläckad
- blodfläckadstained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
Ukrainian закрива́влений, крива́вий
- закрива́влений (zakryvávlenyj)stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
- крива́вий (kryvávyj)stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood
Cite this entry
bloodstained. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bloodstained
“bloodstained.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bloodstained. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bloodstained,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bloodstained.
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