Cold-blooded

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈkoʊldˈblʌd.ɪd/

Etymology

From cold + blood + -ed.

Adjective

Cold-blooded (comparative more Cold-blooded, superlative most Cold-blooded)

1. Having an unregulated body temperature; ectothermic.
2. Lacking emotion or compunction.

Synonyms

• sangfroid

Antonyms

• warm-blooded

Thesaurus

apathetic, barbaric, barbarous, brutal, callous, cool, cruel, dispassionate, heartless, imperturbable, indifferent, inhuman, insensitive, merciless, pitiless, poikilothermic, ruthless, savage, steely, stony, thick-skinned, uncaring, unemotional, unexcited, unfeeling, unimpassioned, unmoved, unresponsive, unsympathetic, vicious

Translations

having an unregulated body temperature; ectothermic

Bulgarian: студенокръвен (bg) Finnish: kylmäverinen (fi) German: kaltblütig (de) Hungarian: hidegvérű (hu)

Japanese: 冷血の (ja) (れいけつの, reiketsu no) Norwegian: kaldblodig (no) Romanian: cu sânge rece (ro) m., f., and n. Swedish: kallblodig

lacking emotion or compunction

Bulgarian: хладнокръвен (bg), безчувствен (bg) German: kaltblütig (de) Hungarian: hidegvérű (hu), rideg (hu) Japanese: 冷血な (ja) (れいけつな, reiketsu na)

Norwegian: kaldblodig (no) Romanian: cu sânge rece (ro) m., f., and n. Swedish: kallblodig