blooded
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blooded
- /ˈblʌ.dəd/ US
Rhymes with -ʌdəd
Where it comes from
From Middle English bloded, equivalent to blood + -ed.
adjective
- bloody, bleeding. Blackburn's cause was not helped when Morten Gamst Pedersen and Gael Givet collided going for the same ball, both players emerging blooded and dazed but otherwise unharmed.
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Experienced (especially in warfare).
I'll let a rookie march behind me with a loaded weapon once he's been blooded in combat, until then he stays in front where I can see which way he's pointing.
Opposite: unblooded
- Having a certain physiological characteristic, particularly in relation to blood or the circulatory system. Mammals are warm-blooded.
- Having a certain kind of temperament or disposition. Only a cold-blooded killer could have done something like this.
- Having ancestry to a certain degree. He's a full-blooded Irishman.
- Having a certain ancestry. A blue-blooded aristocrat.
- Derived from ancestors of good blood; having a good pedigree.
verb
- simple past and past participle of blood
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: full-blooded, purebred, bloody, pedigreed, well-bred, bred, born, thoroughbred, blue-blooded, tempered, hardened, experienced, veteran, seasoned, noble, aristocratic
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