[Grammar] bloody/f*cking/freaking

[Crowned 91]

Hi! In the sentence "These knots are bloody tight" since tight is an adjective , is bloody used as an adverb?

Moreover, is the meaning of bloody similar to f*cking and freaking which (as far as I know) are both used to emphasize something?

 

[Raymott]

Re: bloody/ fucking/ freaking

Yes, 'bloody' is an adverb here. It can also be an adjective.
No, 'bloody' is tamer than those f-words which, if they emphasise anything, it's that the speaker doesn't belong in polite company. I guess it emphasises like 'fottuto' does.
Keep these words within a close circle of friends and enemies.

 

[emsr2d2]

In BrE, "bloody" is used regularly. Don't use it in job interviews, with your boss or your elderly grandmother but in normal everyday speech, it basically means "very".

 

[MikeNewYork]

You will rarely here "bloody" in AmE except when referring to someone who has bled on something.

You could use "very", "extremely", etc., to avoid the issue.

 

[Tdol]

I don't hear freaking used much in BrE.

 

[MikeNewYork]

How about "friggin"?

 

[emsr2d2]

I hear "friggin(g)" more regularly. I think we've adopted it as a clean version of the main f-word.

 

[Tdol]

That is used.

 

[Raymott]

I hear "friggin(g)" more regularly. I think we've adopted it as a clean version of the main f-word.

Cleaner, I'd accept.