bloodish

English

Etymology

From blood +‎ -ish.

Adjective

bloodish (comparative more bloodish, superlative most bloodish)

1. Resembling blood; blood-red.
   • 1926, Transactions of the American Association of Genito-Urinary:

     […] patient had noticed a slightly bloodish tinge to the urine, but there was no real hematuria.

2. Bloody.
   • 2010, Wynn Wilcox, Vietnam and the West: New Approaches, page 123:

     A bloodish battle occurred between you, Indian soldiers and one part of yours under control of British soldiers.