bleeding

[ blee-ding ]

noun

1. the act, fact, or process of losing blood or having blood flow.
2. the act or process of drawing blood from a person, especially surgically; bloodletting.
3. the extension of color beyond an edge or border, especially so as to combine with a contiguous color or to affect an adjacent area.

adjective

1. sending forth blood:

   a bleeding sore.

2. feeling, expressing, or characterized by extreme or excessive anguish and compassion.
3. British Slang. (used as an intensifier):

   bleeding fool.

adverb

1. British Slang. (used as an intensifier):

   a bleeding silly idea.

bleeding

/ ˈbliːdɪŋ /

adjective

1. (intensifier)

   a bleeding fool

   it's bleeding beautiful

Other Words From

• non·bleeding adjective noun
• un·bleeding adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bleeding¹

1175–1225; Middle English (noun and adj.); bleed, -ing ¹, -ing ²

Example Sentences

What was found inside was grisly — three men and a woman, all described as in their 20s, bleeding from gunshot wounds, authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times

Whereas people with two copies of that variant develop a bleeding disorder, those with one copy live on average about 7 years longer than other members of the community.

From Science Magazine

Judge Mr Justice Poole concluded taking the drugs had led to the teenager suffering abdominal pain and inflammation, nausea and vomiting, stomach ulcers and gastro-intestinal bleeding.

From BBC

Argentine officials determined that the singer died from multiple traumas and internal and external bleeding caused by the fall.

From Los Angeles Times

The second miracle attributed to Mr Acutis came in 2024, when a university student in Florence was healed despite having bleeding on the brain after suffering head trauma.

From BBC