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[ bluhd-lis ] / ˈblʌd lɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bloodless ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivewithout blood: bloodless surgery. very pale: a bloodless face. free from bloodshed; accomplished without bloodshed: a bloodless victory; a bloodless coup. spiritless; without vigor, zest, or energy: a dull, insipid, bloodless young man. without emotion or feeling; cold-hearted: bloodless data. Origin of bloodless1175–1225; Middle English blodles,Old English blōdlēas.See blood, -less OTHER WORDS FROM bloodlessblood·less·ly, adverbblood·less·ness, nounWords nearby bloodlessblood heat, bloodhound, blooding, Blood is thicker than water, blood knot, bloodless, bloodless operation, Bloodless Revolution, bloodletting, blood level, blood libel Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bloodlessAt which point it becomes clear that we have entered a minimalist, bloodless horror movie. Scarlett Johansson is an Alien Seductress in ‘Under the Skin’|Jimmy So|April 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Then I felt an arm upon my shoulder, and Boris turned a bloodless face to mine. Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST His idea was to become modern, efficient and bloodless by using lethal injection. The Death Penalty’s Gruesome Truth|Kent Sepkowitz|February 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Winningly, though, Weaver was hardly some bloodless accountant. Earl Weaver, Baseball’s Brilliant Antagonist, Dies|Tim Marchman|January 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
When Gaddafi took over in a bloodless coup in 1969, he discarded the song. Kids of War: Libyan Children Fight a New Battle at School|Danielle Shapiro|June 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST To-night, with your assistance and that of your young colleague, I count upon a bloodless victory. Stingaree|E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung His hands, which lay outside the coverlid, were bloodless and thin, and the nails were a deep blue. A Search For A Secret (Vol 2 of 3)|G. A. Henty Mrs. Bett turned her gentle, bloodless face toward her daughter, and her eyes warmed. Her teeth were clenched upon her bloodless lips, her face seemed marble, her eyes lambent flames. Cruel As The Grave|Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth Sedition, the natural garment for an Irishman to wear, has been for a hundred years a bloodless sedition. The Crime Against Europe|Roger Casement
British Dictionary definitions for bloodless
adjectivewithout blood conducted without violence (esp in the phrase bloodless revolution) anaemic-looking; pale lacking vitality; lifeless lacking in emotion; cold; unfeeling Derived forms of bloodlessbloodlessly, adverbbloodlessness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bloodlessunemotional, anesthetic, cold, dull, impassive, indolent, insensible, insensitive, languid, lazy, lifeless, listless, slow, sluggish, spiritless, torpid, unkind, passionless, coldhearted, anemic |