BLED Synonyms: 181 Similar and Opposite Words

bled

verb

past tense of bleed

as in grieved

to feel deep sadness or mental pain her heart bleeds for the homeless people she sees on her way to work

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as in dripped

to flow forth slowly through small openings pitch was bleeding from cuts in the tree bark

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as in drained

to remove (liquid) gradually or completely bleed water from the radiators

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as in stung

to rob by the use of trickery or threats the confidence men coldheartedly bled the elderly couple of their life savings

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Recent Examples of bled Her family said the 29-year-old Zawadi bled heavily after birth and was sent to another hospital to have her uterus removed, a last-ditch measure. — ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026 Her love for animal print has even bled into her collaborations, namely her Puma by Fenty Creepers. — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 23 Aug. 2026 While the starters had a respectable showing against Washington’s backups, Miami’s backups bled out for most of Friday night’s game, which followed a scrimmage where the Dolphins’ offense and defense were outperformed by the Commanders. — Omar Kelly august 15, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026 The outline of her wet triangle bikini bled through the bust of her dress. — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026 That ethos bled into the script read, which saw the crew assembled take swings with the material and inject a bit more comedy into the already funny original film. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 29 July 2026 The picture glowed, the sound was clear; nothing blurred, slanted, or bled off the screen. — Lane Brown, Vulture, 25 July 2026 The drama played out onscreen and bled into Season 5 of the reality series. — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026 Ushuaïa’s noise bled into the hotel buffet, and its parties took customers from Space. — Max Marshall, Vanity Fair, 15 July 2026

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Jake Reiner sat for an interview with ABC7 Los Angeles on Thursday, delving into how his surviving family has grieved during the past several months since his parents’ deaths.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2026
The family grieved quietly, rarely speaking to one another about what happened, Phan said.

— Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026

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The attackers used the IP addresses to host a smart contract that drained about $235,000 in bitcoin from people trying to visit the Celer Bridge cryptocurrency exchange.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026
In France, for example, officials have drained glacier lakes to head off potential flooding, Gagliardini says.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026

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Heads of state, parents of book recipients, music fans, movie fans and, like me, women who felt blessed to have had such a glamorous role model publicly mourned the loss.

— Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Kacey Musgraves, Jack White, every living president, Jane Fonda, and countless more have all mourned the beloved star.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026

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The rest of us just got the surface, but who could feel cheated?

— Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
Child safety advocates and some parents have welcomed age restrictions, while privacy groups say the rules can be cheated and that forcing users to supply identification raises privacy concerns.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

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