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Meaning of 'bloodless' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bloodless [ a.]
- Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead.
- Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory.
- Without spirit or activity.

Meaning of 'bloodless' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . bloodless [ a]
Meaning (1):
- free from blood or bloodshed
Example in sentence:
  • a bloodless coup;
  • bloodless surgery
2 . bloodless [ s]
Meaning (2):
- anemic looking from illness or emotion
Example in sentence:
  • a face livid with shock;
  • a face turned ashen;
  • a face white with rage;
  • lips white with terror;
  • lips...livid with the hue of death;
  • the invalid's blanched cheeks;
  • tried to speak with bloodless lips
Meaning (3):
- without vigor or zest or energy
Example in sentence:
  • an insipid and bloodless young man
Meaning (4):
- devoid of human emotion or feeling
Example in sentence:
  • charts of bloodless economic indicators
Meaning (5):
- destitute of blood or apparently so
Example in sentence:
  • the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold

Nearby Words:

bloat bloated bloatedness bloater bloating blob blobber blobber-lipped blocage block

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