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blood·less  (bldls)

adj.

1. Deficient in or lacking blood.

2. Pale and anemic in color: smiled with bloodless lips.

3. Achieved without bloodshed: a bloodless coup.

4. Lacking vivacity or spirit: a long, bloodless speech.

5. Devoid of human emotion or feeling: charts of bloodless economic indicators.

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bloodless·ly adv.

bloodless·ness n.

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bloodless [ˈblʌdlɪs]

adj

1. without blood

2. conducted without violence (esp in the phrase bloodless revolution)

3. anaemic-looking; pale

4. lacking vitality; lifeless

5. lacking in emotion; cold; unfeeling

bloodlessly  adv

bloodlessness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	bloodless - destitute of blood or apparently so; "the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden exsanguine, exsanguinous dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"
	2.	bloodless - free from blood or bloodshed; "bloodless surgery"; "a bloodless coup" bloody - having or covered with or accompanied by blood; "a bloody nose"; "your scarf is all bloody"; "the effects will be violent and probably bloody"; "a bloody fight"
	3.	bloodless - without vigor or zest or energy; "an insipid and bloodless young man" spiritless - lacking ardor or vigor or energy; "a spiritless reply to criticism"
	4.	bloodless - devoid of human emotion or feeling; "charts of bloodless economic indicators" nonhuman - not human; not belonging to or produced by or appropriate to human beings; "nonhuman primates such as chimpanzees"
	5.	bloodless - anemic looking from illness or emotion; "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 W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage" ashen, blanched, livid, white colorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful

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bloodless

adjective

1. non-violent, friendly, peaceful, harmonious, amicable, without hostility, free from strife The campaign would be short and bloodless.

2. pale, white, wan, sickly, pasty, colourless, pallid, anaemic, ashen, chalky, sallow, ashy, like death warmed up (informal) Her face was grey and bloodless.

Translations

bloodless [ˈblʌdlɪs] ADJ

1. (= pale) (gen) → pálido; (due to blood loss) → exangüe
her face was bloodless → su rostro no tenía color → su rostro estaba pálido; (due to blood loss) → su rostro estaba exangüe
her lips were bloodless → sus labios apenas tenían color or eran casi blancos; (due to accident, death) → sus labios estaban exangües

2. (= without bloodshed) [revolution, coup] → incruento, sin derramamiento de sangre

3. (= characterless) [film, novel, style] → soso, anodino; [person] → sin sangre en las venas, con sangre de horchata

bloodless [ˈblʌdləs] adj

[victory, coup] → sans effusion de sang

[face, skin] (= pale) → pâle, blême

bloodless

adj (rare, = without blood) → blutlos; (= without bloodshed) victory, coup → unblutig; (= pallid) → blutleer, bleich

bloodless [ˈblʌdlɪs] adj (pale) → smorto/a, esangue; (coup) → senza spargimento di sangue