MEANING
Completely covered or saturated with blood, especially clothing, ground, or an object after violence.
Use it for
Make a scene’s violence materially visible without adding more action.Describe a scene where blood has soaked through fabric or marked the ground.
Words that belong together
- blood-soaked clothing
- blood-soaked ground
- blood-soaked bandage
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A blood-soaked coat hung over the cellar rail.
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- blood-soaked
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Usage notes
A vivid literal compound; reserve it for substantial saturation, not a small bloodstain. The hyphen is conventional before a noun.
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