BLOODSTAINED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bloodstained mean? 

• BLOODSTAINED (adjective)
  The adjective BLOODSTAINED has 1 sense:

1. covered with blood

  Familiarity information: BLOODSTAINED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOODSTAINED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Covered with blood

Synonyms:

bloodstained; gory

Context example:

a gory dagger

Similar:

bloody (having or covered with or accompanied by blood)

 Context examples 

The sight of it, with its bloodstained and ghost-blasted reputation, would in itself have been enough to send a thrill through my nerves; but when the words of my uncle made me suddenly realize that this strange summons was indeed for the two men who were concerned in that old-world tragedy, and that it was the playmate of my youth who had sent it, I caught my breath as I seemed vaguely to catch a glimpse of some portentous thing forming itself in front of us.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She seemed like a nightmare of Lucy as she lay there; the pointed teeth, the bloodstained, voluptuous mouth—which it made one shudder to see—the whole carnal and unspiritual appearance, seeming like a devilish mockery of Lucy's sweet purity.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)