ADJECTIVE | all | cold-blooded, cold, inhuman, insensate | without compunction or human feeling |
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all | cold-blooded | having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated) |
Sounds | kow'ldblah'dahd | |
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Rhymes | abbreviated ... wounded: 365 rhymes with ahd... |
Meaning | Without compunction or human feeling. | |
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Example | "cold-blooded killing" | |
Synonyms | cold, inhuman, insensate | |
Broader | inhumane | lacking and reflecting lack of pity / pity or compassion / compassion |
Spanish | desalmado, despiadado, frío, inhumano | |
Catalan | despietat, fred, inhumà | |
Adverbs | cold-bloodedly | in cold blood |
Meaning | Having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated). | |
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Category | zoology, zoological science | The branch of biology that studies animals |
Narrower | poikilothermic, poikilothermous, heterothermic, ectothermic | Of animals except birds and mammals |
Opposite | warm-blooded | Having warm blood (in animals whose body temperature is internally regulated) |
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