bloody vs sanguineous

bloody

adj
  • Characterised by bloodshed. 

  • Covered in blood. 

  • Used as an intensifier. 

noun
  • bloody mary 

adv
  • Used to express anger, annoyance, shock, or for emphasis. 

verb
  • To demonstrably harm (the cause of an opponent). 

  • To stain with blood. 

  • To draw blood from (one's opponent) in a fight. 

sanguineous

adj
  • Accompanied by bloodshed; bloody. 

  • Eager for bloody violence; bloodthirsty. 

  • Resembling or constituting blood. 

How often have the words bloody and sanguineous occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )