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cold-blooded
[ kohld-bluhd-id ]
adjective
- designating or pertaining to animals, as fishes and reptiles, whose blood temperature ranges from the freezing point upward, in accordance with the temperature of the surrounding medium; poikilothermic.
- without emotion or feeling; dispassionate; cruel:
a cold-blooded murder.
- sensitive to cold.
cold-blooded
adjective
- having or showing a lack of feeling or pity
a cold-blooded killing
- informal.particularly sensitive to cold
- (of all animals except birds and mammals) having a body temperature that varies with that of the surroundings Technical termpoikilothermic
cold-blooded
/ ō′ŭ′ĭ /
- Having a body temperature that changes according to the temperature of the surroundings. Fish, amphibians, and reptiles are cold-blooded.
Derived Forms
- ˌDZ-ˈǴǻ, adverb
- ˌDZ-ˈǴǻԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- DZ-ǴǻĻ· adverb
- DZ-ǴǻĻ·Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cold-blooded1
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Example Sentences
And that should worry all of us, both those who think of Mangione as a cold-blooded killer or as Robin Hood.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement on Tuesday that she had directed federal prosecutors to seek the penalty for the "premeditated, cold-blooded assassination".
It seems cold-blooded, but if they wanted to maintain their commitment to winning, they had to end their commitment to Kupp.
A lawyer for Kitty Menendez’s brother, Milton Andersen, has called the brothers "cold-blooded" and said their "actions shattered their family and left a trail of grief that has persisted for decades."
Wiener called Thompson’s killing a “cold-blooded assassination” but said his bill grew out of a narrower proposal that failed last year aimed at improving mental health coverage for children and adults under age 26.
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