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COLD-BLOODED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Without compunction or human feeling
Example:
insensate destruction
Synonyms:
cold; cold-blooded; inhuman; insensate
Classified under:
Similar:
inhumane (lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated)
Classified under:
Similar:
ectothermic; heterothermic; poikilothermic; poikilothermous (of animals except birds and mammals; having body temperature that varies with the environment)
Domain category:
zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)
Antonym:
warm-blooded (having warm blood (in animals whose body temperature is internally regulated))
Context examples:
Humphrey Van Weyden, “the cold-blooded fish,” the “emotionless monster,” the “analytical demon,” of Charley Furuseth’s christening, in love!
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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