 bloodless |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] destitute of blood or apparently so | |
| Examples: | "the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden |
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| Related terms: | dead | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] destitute of blood or apparently so | |
| Synonyms: | exsanguinous exsanguine | |
| Examples: | "the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden |
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| Related terms: | dead | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] devoid of human emotion or feeling | |
| Examples: | "charts of bloodless economic indicators" |
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| Related terms: | nonhuman | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] without vigor or zest or energy | |
| Examples: | "an insipid and bloodless young man" |
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| Related terms: | spiritless | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion | |
| Synonyms: | ashen blanched livid white | |
| Examples: | "a face turned ashen" "the invalid's blanched cheeks" "tried to speak with bloodless lips" "a face livid with shock" "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary Shelley "lips white with terror" |
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| Related terms: | colorless | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] free from blood or bloodshed | |
| Examples: | "bloodless surgery" "a bloodless coup" |
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| Related terms: | bloody unbloodied nonviolent | |
| Similar spelling: |
bloodlessly bloodlust bloodline bloodleaf bloodletting blood_line |
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