English → Latin
“bloody” in Latin
cruentusblood-stained; blood-soaked, bloodstained; blood-thirsty, cruel; blood-red, crimsoncruentōto make bloody; to stain with blood; to stain, pollute; to dye redsanguineusof blood, bloody, blood-stained, bloodshot; bloodthirsty; blood-coloured, blood-redatrōxfierce, savage, bloody; heinous, cruel, severe; terrible, frightening, dreadfulfūnestusdeadly, fatal; mournful, dismalsaevusfurious, ferocious, fierce, violent, barbarous, cruel, savage
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bloody
cruentus (PROP. and figuratively), cruentatus (stained with blood), sanguine respersus (bespattered with blood): sanguineus (consisting of blood, as a shower; other uses are poetical). To make bloody, cruentare, sanguine respergere. A bloody war, bellum cruentum, atrox, funestum, saevum. Bloody flux, dysenteria rubra.
Bloody, bloodyminded. Vid: BLOOD-THIRSTY.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bloody?
- The usual Latin words for “bloody” are cruentus, cruentō, sanguineus; also atrōx, fūnestus, saevus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.