bloodstained
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈblʌdˌsteɪnd/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic inh Proto-West Germanic gem-pro>*blōþą>blood Proto-West Germanic *blōd Old English blōd Middle English blood English blood English stained English bloodstained From blood + stained.
- Stained, spotted or otherwise discolored with blood.
- Having the color of something which has been stained with blood.
- Responsible for the deaths of others; guilty of murder.
“This self-delusion is even more the case with Trotsky, whose bloodstained intolerance is generally passed over because the 1960s student generation pretended then, and pretends still, that Trotsky was in some way a freedom-loving, Gulag-free alternative to Stalin.”
- Guilty of wrongdoing.