bloodless

Speech parts

1. bloodless - Adjective

2. bloodless - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

white ashen livid blanched exsanguinous exsanguine wan pacific haggard milky peaky gray ivory alabaster chalky

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Antonyms

bloody ruby scarlet crimson carmine brown

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Phrases with the word

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Examples

There is no pleasing New Englanders, my dear, their soil is all rocks and their hearts are bloodless absolutes. John Updike

It seems to me that anyone whose library consists of a Kindle lying on a table is some sort of bloodless nerd. Penelope Lively

The solitude of writing is a solitude without which writing could not be produced, or would crumble, drained bloodless by the search for something else to write. Marguerite Duras

A legal thief, a bloodless murderer, A fiend incarnate, a false usurer. Joseph Hall

Bloodless victories are often feeble and dangerous. Theodor Mommsen

The greatest victory is a bloodless victory. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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