bloodstained

[ bluhd-steynd ]

adjective

1. stained with blood:

   a bloodstained knife.

2. guilty of murder, slaughter, or bloodshed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bloodstained¹

1590–1600; blood + stained; stain, -ed ²

Example Sentences

Prosecutor Bill Emlyn Jones KC previously said a bloodstained cricket bat, a rolling pin with Sara’s DNA on it, a metal pole, a belt and rope were found near the family’s outhouse.

From BBC

Last autumn, we walked on the bloodstained soil of the liberated village Hroza in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine.

From BBC

Mr Chere - the leader of a teachers’ union - had bloodstained clothes and limped in pain during his first court appearance earlier this month.

From BBC

He said he "opened the door and was confronted by a girl on the floor who looked badly injured, she had bloodstained clothing, she was motionless".

From BBC

So were the fellow migrants tortured in a bloodstained Libyan prison.

From New York Times

Related Words

• blood-soaked