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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
informalparticularly sensitive to cold
Technical term: poikilothermic.(of all animals except birds and mammals) having a body temperature that varies with that of the surroundings
cold-blooded
Having a body temperature that changes according to the temperature of the surroundings. Fish, amphibians, and reptiles are cold-blooded.
Other 51Թ Forms
- cold-bloodedly adverb
- cold-bloodedness noun
- ˌDZ-ˈǴǻ adverb
- ˌDZ-ˈǴǻԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cold-blooded1
Example Sentences
In an interview with The Times a day after he took office in December, Hochman said the “cold-blooded assassination of a police officer” could warrant pursuit of the death penalty.
Milton Anderson, who is Kitty Menendez's brother, has called the brothers "cold-blooded" and has argued the pair should remain behind bars for the "heinous act".
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.
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