Antonyms for imbrued

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : im-broo

Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈbrʊ

Definition of imbrued

Origin : early 15c., "to soak, steep;" mid-15c., "to stain, soil," from Old French embreuvere "to moisten," a metathesis of embeuvrer, from em- (see im-) + -bevrer, ultimately from Latin bibere "to drink" (see imbibe). Or perhaps from Old French embroue "soiled," ultimately from boue "mud, dirt."

As in bloody : adj bleeding
As in bloodstained : adj bloody
As in sanguinary : adj bloody
As in sanguineous : adj bloody
As in gory : adj bloody, horrible
As in impregnate : verb infuse, fill; make pregnant
As in soak : verb drench, wet
As in drench : verb wet thoroughly

Example sentences :

My hands shall never be imbrued in the blood of my benefactor.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 2 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

She could never marry him, after he had imbrued his hands in the blood of the woman he now called his wife.
Extract from : « Shadow, the Mysterious Detective » by Police Captain Howard

You have imbrued your hands in innocent blood; how will you make them clean?
Extract from : « Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] » by Benjamin Franklin

You have imbrued your Hands in innocent Blood; how will you make them clean?
Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) » by Wiliam Cabell Bruce

He was a bold, turbulent spirit; and, from motives of revenge, he imbrued his hands in the blood of all the whites he could meet.
Extract from : « Clotelle » by William Wells Brown

It is enough to say that he stands high on the catalogue of those who have imbrued their hands in their countrys blood.
Extract from : « Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 18 (of 20) » by Charles Sumner

It is doubtful whether Zimisces imbrued his hands in the blood of his sovereign; but he enjoyed the inhuman spectacle of revenge.
Extract from : « The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire » by Edward Gibbon

Creditors stormed at us from every side, urged on by lawyers who imbrued their hands in our misery.
Extract from : « Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel » by Friedrich Froebel

Had this wretch torn it from her head, as he imbrued his hands in her blood on that terrible night?
Extract from : « Captain Canot » by Brantz Mayer

Some thought the wounds were inflicted by a vigorous man, others, that a woman had imbrued her hands in his blood.
Extract from : « Jack in the Forecastle » by John Sherburne Sleeper

Synonyms for imbrued

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