blood-soaked vs bloodstained

blood-soaked

bloodstained

adj
  • Having the color of something which has been stained with blood. 

  • Guilty of wrongdoing. 

  • Responsible for the deaths of others; guilty of murder. 

  • Stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood. 

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