bloody hell
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Pronunciation
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Interjection
bloody hell! (rare in the United States, common in, Commonwealth, informal)
- 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; see also Thesaurus:wow
- Bloody hell! My team lost again!
- Bloody hell! Where did you come from, scaring me like that!
- He's not really eating those, is he? Bloody hell! That's disgusting!
- 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.
- 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.
Translations
expression of dismay
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Adverb
bloody hell (not comparable)
- (informal) Placed after an interrogative term to add emphasis.
- What the bloody hell are you doing here?
Synonyms
- (intensifier): See Thesaurus:the dickens
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