Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Lacking feeling or emotion.
- adjective Executed without feeling or emotion.
- adjective Ectothermic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having cold blood; hematocryal.
- See
Hœmatocrya . - Not thoroughbred; of common or mongrel stock: applied to horses that are not full-blooded.
- Sensitive to cold: said of persons who feel the cold more than is usual: as, a cold-blooded man is obliged to dress warmly in winter.
- Figuratively, without sensibility or feeling; unsympathetic; without the usual feelings of humanity; characterized by such lack of sensibility: as, a cold-blooded villain; cold-blooded advice; a cold-blooded murder.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having cold blood; -- said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them.
- adjective Deficient in sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted.
- adjective Not thoroughbred; -- said of animals, as horses, which are derived from the common stock of a country.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having an
unregulated body temperature ;ectothermic . - adjective Lacking
emotion orcompunction .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated)
- adjective without compunction or human feeling
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Examples
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The scientists were keen to clarify the term "cold-blooded", which - although a familiar description used for many reptiles, amphibians and fish - can be misleading.
BBC News - Home 2011
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“You know, what you refer to as cold-blooded murder, others term justifiable homicide.”
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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“You know, what you refer to as cold-blooded murder, others term justifiable homicide.”
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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“You know, what you refer to as cold-blooded murder, others term justifiable homicide.”
Earl of Durkness Alix Rickloff 2011
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A jury in Canada has found three members of an Afghan family guilty of drowning three teenage sisters and another woman in what the judge described as "cold-blooded, shameful murders" resulting from a "twisted concept of honour".
'Honour killings': Canadian jury finds Afghan family guilty 2012
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Afghan family guilty in honour killing A CANADIAN jury has found an Afghan father, his wife and their son guilty of killing three teenage sisters and another wife in what the judge described as "cold-blooded, shameful murders" resulting from a "twisted concept of honour".
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KINGSTON, Ontario AP - A jury on Sunday found an Afghan father, his wife and their son guilty of killing three teenage sisters and a co-wife in what the judge described as "cold-blooded, shameful murders" resulting from a "twisted concept of honor."
USATODAY.com News 2012
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A jury on Sunday found an Afghan father, his wife and their son guilty of killing three teenage sisters and a co-wife in what the judge described as "cold-blooded, shameful murders" resulting from a "twisted concept of honor."
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Sahirn P’Thall stared back at Cogley with a withering glare that the defense attorney would have called cold-blooded, if Kradians had circulatory systems.
The Case of the Colonist’s Corpse Bob Ingersoll 2004
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Sahirn P’Thall stared back at Cogley with a withering glare that the defense attorney would have called cold-blooded, if Kradians had circulatory systems.
The Case of the Colonist’s Corpse Bob Ingersoll 2004
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