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/ˈblʌd.haʊnd/ · noun
A large scenthound famed for its ability to follow a scent many days old, over vast distances. This dog is often used as a police dog to track missing people, fleeing suspects, or escaped prisoners..
Someone stole our bloodhounds, but we got the backup bloodhounds to chase the first tier of bloodhounds.
For now the despot’s blood-hounds with their prey, Unarmed and unaware, were gorging deep Their gluttony of death; the loose array Of horsemen o’er the wide fields murdering sweep, And with loud laughter for their tyrant reap A harvest sown with other hopes; […]
Use bloodhound when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bloodhound means A large scenthound famed for its ability to follow a scent many days old, over vast distances. This dog is often used as a police dog to track missing people, fleeing suspects, or escaped prisoners..
Common synonyms include sleuthhound.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Someone stole our bloodhounds, but we got the backup bloodhounds to chase the first tier of bloodhounds.
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