cold-blooded

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(kōld'blŭd'ĭd)
adj.
    1. Lacking feeling or emotion: a cold-blooded killer.
    2. Executed without feeling or emotion: a cold-blooded crime; a cold-blooded performance of the concerto.
  1. Ectothermic.
cold-bloodedly cold'-blood'ed·ly adv.
cold-bloodedness cold'-blood'ed·ness n.

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adj

Definition: cruel, heartless
Antonyms: compassionate, demonstrative, feeling, friendly, merciful, nice, sympathetic, warm-blooded

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Cold-blooded is a generic term used to refer to a complex suite of characters that determine an animal's thermophysiology. These characters include:

  • ectothermy, controlling body temperature through external means, such as by basking in the sun
  • poikilothermy, the ability of an organism to function over a wide internal temperature range
  • bradymetabolism, the ability to greatly alter metabolic rate in response to need; for example, animals that hibernate

Popular culture

  • "Cold Blooded" (song), the title track from Rick James's 1983 album
  • Cold Blooded (Rick James album)
  • Coldblooded (album), a 1974 funk album by The Bar-Kays
  • Coldblooded (film), a 1995 comedy/thriller about hitmen
  • The term 'cold-blood' is also used in equestrianism, with a distinct meaning

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Cold-blooded

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - koldblodig

Nederlands (Dutch)
hardvochtig, koelbloedig

Français (French)
adj. - froid, insensible, impitoyable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - hartherzig, schonungslos, kaltblütig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (βιολ.) ψυχρόαιμος, (μτφ.) ψυχρός, ασυγκίνητος

Italiano (Italian)
spietato, freddo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - racional, com sangue frio

Русский (Russian)
жестокий, хладнокровный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - insensible, cruel, despiadado, imperturbable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - kallblodig, grym

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
冷血的, 冷酷的, 怕冷的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 冷血的, 冷酷的, 怕冷的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 냉혈의 , 냉담한, 잡종의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 冷血の, 冷酷な, 冷え症の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ذو دم ببرودة المحيط كالزواحف و الثعبان, بلا رحمه, بقسوة, بأصرار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בעל דם קר, אכזרי‬


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