bloodstainnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈblʌd.steɪn/us/ˈblʌd.steɪn/a mark made by blood, often as a result of a violent event
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Dirt & untidiness
- a dog's breakfast idiom
- blot
- clutter
- contaminant
- contaminate
- crud
- fleck
- grime
- gunge
- gunk
- guttersnipe
- muck
- pollutant
- slovenly
- slut
- smear
- smudge
- speck
- speckle
- stain
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Examples from literature
- A bandanna was tied round his shoulder, and it was soaked with bloodstains.
- Afterwards they found bloodstains and knew that he was wounded.
- Although it was dark, Father Anthony could distinguish the bloodstain on the white snow.
- It was while I was bending over doing this that she must have noticed the bloodstains on my sleeve.
- My dear, they took us to that horrible prison... with the bloodstains on the floor!