different between bloody vs horrifying

English

Alternative forms

• bloudy (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From Middle English blody, blodi, from Old English bl?di?, bl?de? (“bloody”), from Proto-Germanic *bl?þagaz (“bloody”), equivalent to blood +? -y. Cognate with Dutch bloedig (“bloody”), German blutig (“bloody”), Danish blodig (“bloody”), Swedish blodig (“bloody”), Icelandic blóðugur (“bloody”). See Wikipedia for thoughts on sense evolution.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?bl?.di/
• Rhymes: -?di

Adjective

bloody (comparative bloodier, superlative bloodiest)

1. Covered in blood.

   Synonyms: bleeding, bloodied, gory, sanguinolent
2. Characterised by bloodshed.
   • 2007, Lucinda Mallows, Lucy Mallows, Slovakia: The Bradt Travel Guide, page 169

     The story of Elizabeth Bathory is one of the bloodiest in history.

3. (rare in US, Canada, common in Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Used as an intensifier.
   • 1916 May 31, David Beatty during the Battle of Jutland:

     There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today.

   • 2003, Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, page 64

     You are not to go asking anyone about who killed that bloody dog.

   • 2007, James MacFarlane, Avenge My Kin, Book 2: A Time of Testing, page 498

     “You bloody fool, I could?ve stabbed you in the heart,” David said in mock anger, and then smiled widely.

4. (dated) Badly behaved; unpleasant; beastly.

Synonyms

• (intensifier): bally, blasted, bleeding (chiefly British Cockney), blinking, blooming, damn, damned, dang, darned, doggone, flaming, freaking, fricking, frigging, fucking, goddam / goddamn, goddamned, godforsaken (rare), wretched, rotten
• See also Thesaurus:damned

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

bloody (comparative more bloody, superlative most bloody)

1. (rare in US, Canada, common in Britain, Australia, New Zealand, slang, intensifier) Used to express anger, annoyance, shock, or for emphasis.

   Synonyms: bloody well, bally, blasted, bleeding, blooming

Translations

Verb

bloody (third-person singular simple present bloodies, present participle bloodying, simple past and past participle bloodied)

1. To draw blood from one's opponent in a fight.
2. To demonstrably harm the cause of an opponent.

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of bloody mary

Noun

bloody (plural bloodies)

1. (casual) bloody mary

Anagrams

• old boy

English

Verb

horrifying

1. present participle of horrify

Adjective

horrifying (comparative more horrifying, superlative most horrifying)

1. Tending to inspire horror; that horrifies; horrific.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:frightening

   • 2009: Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22^nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”

     Jon & Kate Plus 8 is a show based on two facts: 1) Jon and Kate Gosselin have eight children, and 2) the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘eight’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent.