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

I believed women didn’t like seeing women bleeding out in parking lots and I believed young people cared about climate justice.

From Salon

Police then found and questioned a woman who had been transferred to a nearby hospital for pelvic bleeding at 2:30 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times

With her hair dyed red, her shoes red and her gloves pink, Julianna Sarabia is all in on bleeding Verdugo Hills High red.

From Los Angeles Times

Some of the victims had to wear adult nappies because of the bleeding they had suffered.

From BBC

In October, officials determined Payne died from multiple traumas and internal and external bleeding caused by the fall.

From Los Angeles Times