cold-blooded (redirected from cold-bloodedness)

cold-blood·ed (kldbldd)

adj.

1.

a. Lacking feeling or emotion: a cold-blooded killer.

b. Executed without feeling or emotion: a cold-blooded crime; a cold-blooded performance of the concerto.

2. Ectothermic.

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cold-blooded·ly adv.

cold-blooded·ness n.

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cold-blooded

Adjective

1. callous or cruel

2. Zool (of all animals except birds and mammals) having a body temperature that varies according to the temperature of the surroundings

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cold-blooded  (kldbldd)

Having a body temperature that changes according to the temperature of the surroundings. Fish, amphibians, and reptiles are cold-blooded.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	cold-blooded - without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction" inhuman, insensate, cold inhumane - lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used"
	2.	cold-blooded - having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated) zoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals warm-blooded - having warm blood (in animals whose body temperature is internally regulated)

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cold-blooded

adjective callous, cruel, savage, brutal, ruthless, steely, heartless, inhuman, merciless, unmoved, dispassionate, barbarous, pitiless, unfeeling, unemotional, stony-hearted << OPPOSITE caring

Translations

cold-blooded [ˈkəuldˈblʌdɪd] adj (ZOOL) → de sangre fría

cold-blooded [ˈkəuldˈblʌdɪd] adj (Zool) → à sang froid

cold-blooded [ˈkəuldˈblʌdɪd] cold adj → kaltblütig

cold-blooded [kəuldˈblʌdɪd] adj (ZOOL) → a sangue freddo