bloody hell
English
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Pronunciation
Interjection
bloody hell!Category:English lemmas#BLOODYHELLCategory:English interjections#BLOODYHELLCategory:English multiword terms#BLOODYHELLCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BLOODYHELLCategory:Pages with entries#BLOODY%20HELLCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BLOODY%20HELL (rare in the United States, common in CommonwealthCategory:Commonwealth English#BLOODYHELL, informalCategory:English informal terms#BLOODYHELL)
- An expression of dismay, disgust, anger, surprise etc.
- Synonyms: (vulgar) fucking hell; (milder) bleeding hell, chuffing hell, ruddy hell; (minced oath) bloody heck, bleeding heck, flipping heck; (other) bloody Nora; (United States) holy crap, goddamn; see also Thesaurus:wow
- Bloody hell! Where did you come from, scaring me like that!Category:English terms with usage examples#BLOODYHELL
- He's not really eating those, is he? Bloody hell! That's disgusting!Category:English terms with usage examples#BLOODYHELL
- 2006, Alexandra Ivy, When Darkness Comes, page 32:
- Bloody hell, there was little wonder he was distracted. In the past few hours, he had endured more shocks than he had in centuries.Category:English terms with quotations#BLOODYHELL
- 2007, Ingrid Winterbach, translated by Elsa Silke, To Hell with Cronjé, page 55:
- Bloody hell! To hell with Milner. No, Oom Paul said after each new concession, no, no further. Send the troops, Alfred Milner said.Category:English terms with quotations#BLOODYHELL
- 2007, L. H. Maynard, M. P. N. Sims, Demon Eyes, page 145:
- “Bloody hell,” she moaned. “Bloody hell, bloody hell.” Though her hands were trembling, she managed to reload the crossbow just as Sue had told her; then she began to shakily run towards where she thought the sound had come from.Category:English terms with quotations#BLOODYHELL
Translations
Adverb
bloody hell (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#BLOODYHELLCategory:English adverbs#BLOODYHELLCategory:English uncomparable adverbs#BLOODYHELLCategory:English multiword terms#BLOODYHELLCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BLOODYHELLCategory:Pages with entries#BLOODY%20HELLCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BLOODY%20HELL
- (informalCategory:English informal terms#BLOODYHELL) Placed after an interrogative term to add emphasis.
- What the bloody hell are you doing here?Category:English terms with usage examples#BLOODYHELL
Synonyms
- (intensifier): See Thesaurus:the dickens