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imbrued
adjective as in bloodstained
Strongest match
Weak matches
adjective as in bloody
Strongest matches
adjective as in gory
Strongest match
adjective as in sanguinary
adjective as in sanguineous
Example Sentences
She could never marry him, after he had imbrued his hands in the blood of the woman he now called his wife.
He was a bold, turbulent spirit; and, from motives of revenge, he imbrued his hands in the blood of all the whites he could meet.
It is doubtful whether Zimisces imbrued his hands in the blood of his sovereign; but he enjoyed the inhuman spectacle of revenge.
It may be doubtful whether the soldiers imbrued their hands in the blood of this innocent prince.
It had stripped its mistress clean of all feeble accomplishments; her hands were imbrued neither with ink nor with water-color.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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