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Antonyms for red-blooded
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : red-bluhd-id |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛdˈblʌd ɪd |
- afraid
- apathetic
- boring
- cautious
- cowardly
- dead
- delicate
- dispirited
- dull
- easy
- easy-going
- effeminate
- effortless
- enervated
- facile
- faint-hearted
- fearful
- fearing
- feeble
- feminine
- fragile
- fruitless
- gentle
- helpless
- idle
- impotent
- inactive
- incapable
- indifferent
- ineffective
- inessential
- infirm
- insignficant
- irresolute
- laid-back
- lazy
- lethargic
- lifeless
- meek
- mild
- moderate
- passive
- reticent
- retiring
- shy
- slow
- sluggish
- soft
- timid
- tired
- trivial
- unadventurous
- unenergetic
- unenthusiastic
- unexciting
- unhealthy
- unimportant
- unmanly
- unproductive
- weak
- yielding
Definition of red-blooded
Origin :- "having red blood," 1802, from red (adj.1) + blood (n.). Figurative meaning "vigorous, spirited" is recorded from 1877.
- As in lusty : adj energetic, healthy
- As in strenuous : adj energetic, zealous
- As in vigorous : adj energetic, powerful
- As in virile : adj potent, powerful
- As in vital : adj lively
- As in manly : adj courageous
- As in masculine : adj manlike
- As in kinetic : adj energetic
- As in manful : adj manly
- As in courageous : adj brave, bold
- As in dynamic : adj active, vital
- As in energetic : adj full of life; forceful
- Men like what the magazines call “a red-blooded, two-fisted, he-man.”
- Extract from : « The Book of Business Etiquette » by Nella Henney
- So this was the man whom Richard Gregory had designated as a red-blooded American.
- Extract from : « El Diablo » by Brayton Norton
- Young men, red-blooded, far from home, inhabit these war cities.
- Extract from : « Huts in Hell » by Daniel A. Poling
- One there lacks the freedom of expression which all red-blooded men love.
- Extract from : « Cox--The Man » by Roger W. Babson
- He is a hearty, red-blooded, Tory gentleman who lives in Worcestershire.
- Extract from : « The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers » by Various
- As for doing our own fighting, I think every red-blooded Canadian is in favour of that.
- Extract from : « In Pastures Green » by Peter McArthur
- He was red-blooded, but at the same time his heart was clean.
- Extract from : « West Wind Drift » by George Barr McCutcheon
- They had not his wife's and Austin's cultivation, but they were honest, red-blooded people.
- Extract from : « Kit Musgrave's Luck » by Harold Bindloss
- I mean the gross and licentious plutocrat of the red-blooded story.
- Extract from : « Captain Macedoine's Daughter » by William McFee
- A red-blooded woman like me to take to altruism, as some take to drugs!
- Extract from : « Why Joan? » by Eleanor Mercein Kelly
Synonyms for red-blooded
- activating
- active
- adult
- adventuresome
- adventurous
- aggressive
- animated
- ape
- ardent
- assured
- athletic
- audacious
- ball of fire
- beefcake
- bold
- bouncing
- brave
- brawny
- breezy
- brisk
- caveman
- changing
- charismatic
- colt
- coming on strong
- compelling
- confident
- cool
- courageous
- daredevil
- daring
- dashing
- dauntless
- demoniac
- determined
- dignified
- doughty
- driving
- dynamic
- dynamical
- eager
- earnest
- effective
- efficient
- electric
- energetic
- energizing
- enterprising
- exuberant
- fearless
- fiery
- fire-eating
- firm
- flourishing
- forceful
- forcible
- fresh
- gallant
- game
- generative
- go-ahead
- go-getter
- go-getting
- gritty
- gutsy
- hairy
- hale
- hard-driving
- hardy
- he-man
- healthy
- hearty
- heroic
- high-powered
- high-spirited
- highpowered
- honorable
- hunk
- hyped-up
- impavid
- indefatigable
- indomitable
- industrious
- influential
- intense
- intrepid
- jock
- jockstrap
- kinetic
- lion-hearted
- lionhearted
- lively
- lusty
- macho
- magnetic
- male
- manful
- manlike
- manly
- mannish
- martial
- masculine
- mettlesome
- muscular
- nervy
- noble
- peppy
- persistent
- persuasive
- play for keeps
- play hard ball
- plucky
- potent
- powerful
- procreative
- productive
- progressive
- red-blooded
- reproductive
- resolute
- robust
- rugged
- self-reliant
- snappy
- sound
- spanking
- spartan
- spirited
- sprightly
- spry
- stallion
- stalwart
- stand tall
- stately
- staunch
- steamroller
- stout
- stout-hearted
- stouthearted
- strapping
- strenuous
- strong
- strong as an ox
- stud
- sturdy
- take-charge
- take-over
- tenacious
- tiger
- tireless
- tough
- Trojan
- tuna
- two-fisted
- unafraid
- undaunted
- unflagging
- untiring
- valiant
- valorous
- vehement
- venturesome
- venturous
- vibrant
- vigorous
- virile
- vital
- vitalizing
- vivacious
- well-built
- zealous
- zestful
- zippy
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