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Meaning of 'cold-blooded' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cold-blooded [ a.]
- Having cold blood; -- said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them.
- Deficient in sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted.
- Not thoroughbred; -- said of animals, as horses, which are derived from the common stock of a country.

Meaning of 'cold-blooded' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . cold-blooded [ s]
Meaning (1):
- without compunction or human feeling
Example in sentence:
  • cold-blooded killing;
  • in cold blood;
  • insensate destruction

Nearby Words:

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