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cold-blooded
cold-blood·ed or cold·blood·ed C5489000 (kōld′blŭd′ĭd)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.
cold′-blood′ed·ly, cold′blood′ed·ly adv.cold′-blood′ed·ness, cold′blood′ed·ness n.cold-blooded adj 1. having or showing a lack of feeling or pity: a cold-blooded killing. 2. informal particularly sensitive to cold 3. (Zoology) (of all animals except birds and mammals) having a body temperature that varies with that of the surroundings. Technical term: poikilothermic ˌcold-ˈbloodedly adv ˌcold-ˈbloodedness ncold′-blood′ed or cold′blood′ed,
adj. 1. of or designating animals, as fishes and reptiles, whose blood temperature ranges from the freezing point upward, in accordance with the temperature of the surrounding medium. 2. done or acting without emotion or feeling: a cold-blooded killer. 3. sensitive to cold. [1585–95] cold′-blood′ed•ly, adv. cold′-blood′ed•ness, n. cold-blood·ed (kōld′blŭd′ĭd) 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, coldinhumane - 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 animalswarm-blooded - having warm blood (in animals whose body temperature is internally regulated) |
cold-bloodedadjective 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-heartedcold-bloodedadjective1. Completely lacking in compassion:callous, cold-hearted, compassionless, hard, hard-boiled, hardened, hardhearted, heartless, obdurate, stonyhearted, unfeeling.2. Not affected by or showing emotion:cold, emotionless, unaffected, unemotional, unmoved.Translationscold (kəuld) adjective1. low in temperature. cold water; cold meat and salad. 冷的，涼的 冷的2. lower in temperature than is comfortable. I feel cold. 寒冷 寒冷3. unfriendly. His manner was cold. 冷淡的 冷淡的 noun1. the state of being cold or of feeling the coldness of one's surroundings. She has gone to live in the South of France because she cannot bear the cold in Britain; He was blue with cold. 寒冷，低溫 寒冷2. an illness with running nose, coughing etc. He has a bad cold; She has caught a cold; You might catch cold. 感冒，傷風 感冒ˈcoldly adverb in an unfriendly way. She looked at me coldly. 冷淡地 冷淡地ˈcoldness noun 冷淡 冷淡ˌcold-ˈblooded adjective1. having blood (like that of a fish) which takes the same temperature as the surroundings of the body. cold-blooded creatures. 冷血的 冷血的2. cruel and unfeeling. cold-blooded murder. 無情的 无情的cold war a major, especially political, struggle between nations which involves military threats but not fighting. 冷戰 冷战get cold feet to lose courage. I was going to apply for the job but I got cold feet. 喪失勇氣 丧失勇气give (someone) the cold shoulder verb (also ˌcoldˈshoulder ) to show that one is unwilling to be friendly with (a person). All the neighbours gave her the cold shoulder; He cold-shouldered all his sister's friends. 對人冷淡 （表示）冷淡 in cold blood deliberately and unemotionally. He killed them in cold blood. 殘忍地 残忍地cold-blooded
cold-blooded: see body temperaturebody temperature,
internal temperature of a living organism. Mammals and birds are termed warm-blooded, or homeothermic, i.e., they are able to maintain a relatively constant inner body temperature, whereas other animals are cold-blooded, or poikilothermic, i.e.
..... Click the link for more information. .cold-blooded[′kōld ¦bləd·əd] (physiology) Having body temperature approximating that of the environment and not internally regulated. cold-blooded (of all animals except birds and mammals) having a body temperature that varies with that of the surroundings cold-blooded
poi·ki·lo·ther·mic , poikilothermalpoikilothermous (poy'ki-lō-ther'mic, -măl, -mŭs), 1. Varying in temperature according to the temperature of the surrounding medium; denoting the so-called cold-blooded animals, such as the reptiles and amphibians, and the plants. 2. Capable of existence and growth in media of varying temperatures. Compare: heterothermic, homeothermic. 3. Causing a disruption of normal hypothalamic thermoregulatory function, as seen with drugs such as phenothiazines. Synonym(s): cold-blooded, hematocryal [poikilo- + G. thermē, heat] cold-blooded or coldblooded (kōld′blŭd′ĭd)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.
cold′-blood′ed·ly, cold′blood′ed·ly adv.cold′-blood′ed·ness, cold′-blood′ed·ness n.cold-blooded see POIKILOTHERM.cold-blooded
Synonyms for cold-bloodedadj callousSynonyms- callous
- cruel
- savage
- brutal
- ruthless
- steely
- heartless
- inhuman
- merciless
- unmoved
- dispassionate
- barbarous
- pitiless
- unfeeling
- unemotional
- stony-hearted
Antonyms- feeling
- open
- kind
- concerned
- caring
- warm
- friendly
- emotional
- sensitive
- passionate
- charitable
- humane
- civilized
- merciful
- kind-hearted
Synonyms for cold-bloodedadj completely lacking in compassionSynonyms- callous
- cold-hearted
- compassionless
- hard
- hard-boiled
- hardened
- hardhearted
- heartless
- obdurate
- stonyhearted
- unfeeling
adj not affected by or showing emotionSynonyms- cold
- emotionless
- unaffected
- unemotional
- unmoved
Synonyms for cold-bloodedadj without compunction or human feelingSynonymsRelated Wordsadj having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated)Related Words- zoological science
- zoology
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