"cold-blooded" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkoʊldˈblʌd.ɪd/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-cold-blooded.wav Forms: more cold-blooded [comparative], colder-blooded [comparative], most cold-blooded [superlative], coldest-blooded [superlative]
Etymology: From cold blood + -ed. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cold blood|ed}} cold blood + -ed Head templates: {{en-adj|more|colder-blooded|sup2=coldest-blooded}} cold-blooded (comparative more cold-blooded or colder-blooded, superlative most cold-blooded or coldest-blooded)
  1. Having an unregulated body temperature; ectothermic. Categories (topical): Emotions, Physiology
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  2. (figuratively) Lacking emotion or compunction. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Emotions Synonyms (lacking emotion): sangfroid, reptilian, reptitious [obsolete] Translations (lacking emotion or compunction): халаднакро́ўны (xaladnakróŭny) (Belarusian), хладнокръ́вен (hladnokrǎ́ven) (Bulgarian), безчу́вствен (bezčúvstven) (Bulgarian), 冷血 (lěngxuè) (Chinese Mandarin), chladnokrevný (Czech), koldblodig (Danish), kil (Dutch), koudbloedig (Dutch), kylmäverinen (Finnish), tunteeton (Finnish), impitoyable (French), ცივსისხლიანი (civsisxliani) (Georgian), kaltblütig (German), hidegvérű (Hungarian), rideg (Hungarian), berdarah dingin (Indonesian), danartha (Irish), 冷血な (reiketsu na) (alt: れいけつな) (Japanese), 냉혹하다 (naenghokhada) (Korean), 랭혹하다 (raenghokhada) [North-Korea] (Korean), ладнокрвен (ladnokrven) (Macedonian), kaldblodig (Norwegian Bokmål), bezwzględny (Polish), nieczuły (Polish), bezlitosny (Polish), zimnokrwisty [figuratively, neuter] (Polish), de sangue frio (Portuguese), cu sânge rece (Romanian), хладнокро́вный (xladnokróvnyj) (Russian), бесчу́вственный (besčúvstvennyj) (Russian), хла̏днокр̄ван [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), hlȁdnokr̄van [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), chladnokrvný (Slovak), studenokrvný (Slovak), hladnokrven (Slovene), sin emoción (Spanish), kallblodig (Swedish), เย็นชา (yen-chaa) (Thai), เลือดเย็น (lʉ̂ʉat-yen) (Thai), soğukkanlı (Turkish), холоднокро́вний (xolodnokróvnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-cold-blooded-en-adj-XoCuzZng Disambiguation of Emotions: 49 42 9 Disambiguation of 'lacking emotion': 3 94 2 Disambiguation of 'lacking emotion or compunction': 1 98 1
  3. Of a type of horse: tall and muscular, usually good-natured and suitable for heavy work. Translations (of a type of horse: tall and muscular): kylmäverinen (Finnish), ม้าเลือดเย็น (máa-lʉ̂ʉat-yen) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-cold-blooded-en-adj-DUuJqnlE Disambiguation of 'of a type of horse: tall and muscular': 2 2 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: coldblooded Derived forms: cold-bloodedly, cold-bloodedness

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "No Spaniard is ever put out, although he maddens in a moment at the slightest personal affront, for blood boils without fire, “la sangre hierve sin fuego.” He takes these things coolly, which more phlegmatic, colder-blooded foreigners seldom do.",
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          "text": "“And as for those foolish people,” said Quicksilver, with his mischievous smile, “they are all transformed to fishes. There needed but little change, for they were already a scaly set of rascals, and the coldest-blooded beings in existence.[…]”",
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          "text": "[…] well remembering the order he had given to generals in command of the different divisions of his army, to shoot all the prisoners that fell into their hands, which had resulted in the coldest-blooded murder of the brave Fannin, and three hundred and thirty men at Goliad, on Sunday, March 27th, who were promised, if they would surrender, to be treated kindly as prisoners of war, and to be sent in vessels at once to the United States.",
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          "text": "That’s what it looks like Arya’s planning to do at the campfire. For much of the scene, she’s weighing her options. She could take those guys. She could get to them before they got their swords, and she could swipe their gold and their meal. It would be something like what the Hound did to those peasants. At the time Arya was upset at him for it. But now Arya’s a cold-blooded killer.",
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      "word": "ცივსისხლიანი"
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      "word": "kaldblodig"
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      "sense": "lacking emotion or compunction",
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      "word": "хладнокро́вный"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "бесчу́вственный"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "lacking emotion or compunction",
      "word": "studenokrvný"
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      "code": "sl",
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      "word": "hladnokrven"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lacking emotion or compunction",
      "word": "sin emoción"
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      "sense": "lacking emotion or compunction",
      "word": "kallblodig"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "yen-chaa",
      "sense": "lacking emotion or compunction",
      "word": "เย็นชา"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "word": "холоднокро́вний"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "of a type of horse: tall and muscular",
      "word": "kylmäverinen"
    },
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "máa-lʉ̂ʉat-yen",
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