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

adj

1. having or showing a lack of feeling or pity a cold-blooded killing

2. Informal particularly sensitive to cold

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of all animals except birds and mammals) having a body temperature that varies with that of the surroundings Technical term poikilothermic

cold-bloodedly  adv

cold-bloodedness  n

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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 These callous, cold-blooded killers butchered six people.
feeling, open, kind, concerned, caring, warm, friendly, emotional, sensitive, passionate, charitable, humane, civilized, merciful, kind-hearted

Translations

cold-blooded [ˈkəʊldˈblʌdɪd] ADJ (Zool) → de sangre fría (fig) → desalmado, despiadado

cold-blooded [ˌkəʊldˈblʌdɪd] adj → a sangue freddo (fig) → spietato/a

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cold-blooded [ˌkəʊldˈblʌdɪd] adj → a sangue freddo (fig) → spietato/a