BLOODIED Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

bloodied

verb

past tense of bloody

as in damaged

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of the politician's reputation was permanently bloodied by the rumors of corruption

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Recent Examples of bloodied And then he’s almost immediately captured by Grant men who return him beaten and bloodied to Arch Bug. — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026 Walsh was discovered upstairs, bloodied after apparently cutting herself with a knife, responding officers reported. — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026 Figuratively speaking, by this point, this class has been bloodied in battle and have gotten to know each other. — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Sondheimer has bloodied his hands climbing over a fence to exit a bolted stadium. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026 The pilot assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, in Miramar, California, is seen with his face bloodied and appearing a little shaken up in the body camera footage released Friday by the Yakima County Sheriff's Office. — Jennifer Watts, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 In the TikTok livestream, which has since been taken down, Hilton appears to be bloodied and in a distressed mental state. — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026 After the game, Tillman showed up at the press area without shoes on, his sock bloodied where a defender’s cleat had pierced his boot. — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 2 July 2026 Tillman, whose right foot was bloodied before the kick because a Bosnian player stepped on it, still arced a shot over five standing Bosnians, into an unsaveable spot that keeper Nikola Vasilj almost dared Tillman to target. — Sean Gregory, Time, 2 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodied

Verb

The attack also damaged a nearby care home, with emergency crews evacuating 15 elderly residents, the service said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Research partners recorded the various sounds that drones make when their propellers get chipped or cracked or their motor becomes damaged or begins to fail.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of damaged

Verb

When shooting a gun into a moving car, there’s a chance someone will be injured or worse.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 28 Oct. 2026
Several Americans are believed to have been injured in a high-speed train collision that killed at least 68 people in Spain on Wednesday when one train collided with another that had stopped on the tracks.

— Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of injured

Verb

While the show is beloved, its legacy has also been marred with a series of tragedies and controversies, both on and off screen.

— Saba Hamedy, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026
Montgomery High School has been marred by previous violence, including a March 2023 stabbing that killed a 16-year-old student.

— Tim Fang, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of marred

Verb

He is crippled by doubt, convinced that others are gaining on him.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
The long nightmare might be over for South African producers, whose industry has been crippled for more than two years by the paralysis of a rebate program that for all intents and purposes had ceased to function.

— Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of crippled

Verb

Black voter turnout surges Another factor working in Democrats' favor this election cycle is a surge in Black turnout following a Supreme Court decision that weakened part of the Voting Rights Act.

— Stephen Fowler, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
Conditions were expected to improve Saturday afternoon as winds weakened, with fair and dry weather forecast for the remainder of the weekend.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026