Antonyms for pure-blooded

Grammar : Adj

Spell : pyoo r-bluhd

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpyʊərˌblʌd

Definition of pure-blooded

Origin : 1851, from pure blood (n.), attested from 1751 in reference to breeding, from pure (adj.) + blood (n.). As a noun meaning "a pure-blood animal" from 1882.

As in thoroughbred : adj pure, unmixed
As in purebred : adj pedigreed
As in highbred : adj thoroughbred
As in pureblood : adj thoroughbred
As in pureblooded : adj thoroughbred

Example sentences :

He did not laugh at his idea, as a pure-blooded Englishman would have laughed.
Extract from : « The Call of the Blood » by Robert Smythe Hichens

He danced so well that I seemed to see before me a pure-blooded Sicilian.
Extract from : « The Call of the Blood » by Robert Smythe Hichens

I have a Black, and two pure-blooded Indians, while the rest are Creoles.
Extract from : « In New Granada » by W.H.G. Kingston

"Nearly a pure-blooded London Saxon" is his characterization of himself.
Extract from : « Old Junk » by H. M. Tomlinson

I had understood that he had no poultry, but was in search of pure-blooded stock.
Extract from : « The History of The Hen Fever » by George P. Burnham

The instinct of their ancestors, the pure-blooded mustangs, was strong in them.
Extract from : « The Trail Boys on the Plains » by Jay Winthrop Allen

The Turks prefer the Turkman horse to the pure-blooded, slender Arabian.
Extract from : « Graceful Riding » by S. C. Waite

Bowser was not a pure-blooded hound; he was fat and he was faultily trained.
Extract from : « Through Forest and Fire » by Edward Ellis

It was a volume on the breeding and care of pure-blooded horses.
Extract from : « Judith of Blue Lake Ranch » by Jackson Gregory

He was a pure-blooded Camanche, and altogether, one of the finest specimens of his race I ever beheld.
Extract from : « Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches » by Edwin Eastman

Synonyms for pure-blooded

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