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Antonyms for bloodless


Grammar : Adj
Spell : bluhd-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈblʌd lɪs



Definition of bloodless

Origin :
  • Old English blodleas; see blood (n.) + -less. The figurative sense in Middle English was "powerless." Related: Bloodlessly.
  • adj unfeeling
  • adj pale
Example sentences :
  • The Welsh people, by bloodless victory, have won the respect of all mankind.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • Pale and bloodless was her cheek, and cold were those beauteous limbs.
  • Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
  • The Chief was still sitting there with that bloodless look when we marched in.
  • Extract from : « Arm of the Law » by Harry Harrison
  • Perhaps you picture me as bloodless and pulled down on this diet!
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • Then her cheeks turned pale and her lips became white and bloodless.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • It's Emil bein' thin an' weakly an' bloodless, I reckon, that attracts him.
  • Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis
  • She was trembling; her face was bloodless in the cold 107 anger that shook her.
  • Extract from : « The Flockmaster of Poison Creek » by George W. Ogden
  • She saw the bloodless, horror-stricken face of the prisoner.
  • Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Their bloodless, pinched, yellow faces were like the faces of bilious invalids.
  • Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad
  • The vaunted Council was "a fleshless and bloodless skeleton."
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, April 7, 1920 » by Various

Synonyms for bloodless

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