bleeding

verbcause blood to flow

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Synonyms for bleeding

verb cause blood to flow

hurt

adjective. physically or mentally injured

Word Origin & History

late 14c., "a flowing out of blood;" mid-15c. as "a drawing out of blood;" verbal noun formed after earlier present participle adjective (early 13c.) of bleed. Figurative use is from 1796. As a euphemism for bloody, from 1858. In U.S. history, Bleeding Kansas, in reference to the slavery disputes in that territory 1854-60, is attested from 1856, said to have been first used by the New York "Tribune."

Example Sentences for bleeding

So he just sat there, quivering, bleeding, battered—but a conqueror.

First, I got a bandage on my wound, to stop the bleeding, and then I had an opportunity to look about me.

"I suppose we're all wounded," said Dick as he wiped a bleeding cheek.

Somehow or other, this was the general misfortune of Bleeding Heart Yard.

They began their perquisitions in Bleeding Heart Yard that same forenoon.

She had bitten her tongue, and it was bleeding, and this had frightened me.

His face is bleeding and covered with dust, but he cannot touch it; thereupon they laugh again.

Oh, lay me bleeding, but these are a filthy and most ungodly crew!

The bull-dog was bleeding back of one ear from a rip in his thick neck.

A pack of bloodhounds followed the way of his bleeding feet.

bleeding

Synonyms for bleeding

depressed

exploitation

gory

heavy-hearted

hurt

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depressed

exploitation

gory

heavy-hearted

hurt

Synonyms for bleeding

bloodstained