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cold-blooded
ˌcold-ˈblooded /ˌkəʊldˈblʌd.ɪd/ aep /ˌkoʊld-/ adjective
1 F0 describes animals that can only control their body heat by taking in heat from the outside or by being very active: » Snakes and lizards are cold-blooded animals.→ COMPARE WARM-BLOODED(Cf. ↑warm-blooded)Thesaurus+: ↑Plants and animals - general words2 F0 behaving in a very cruel way with no sympathy for other people: » a cold-blooded murderThesaurus+: ↑Unkind, cruel and unfeeling , ↑Violent or aggressive , ↑Treating people or animals badly , ↑Insults and abuse |