Antonyms for blue-blooded
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : bloo bluhd for 1; bloo bluhd for 2 |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈblu ˌblʌd for 1; ˈblu ˈblʌd for 2 |
Definition of blue-blooded
Origin :- 1834, translating Spanish sangre azul, claimed by certain families of Castile as uncontaminated by Moorish or Jewish admixture, probably from the notion of the visible veins of people of fair complexion.
- adj aristocratic
- The “blue-blooded” little girl looked with horror at the dress.
- Extract from : « Dixie Martin » by Grace May North
- Mrs. Custis remarked that Washington certainly was a blue-blooded man.
- Extract from : « The Entailed Hat » by George Alfred Townsend
- So all the culture—if culture meant refinement of thoughts and actions—was not confined to the blue-blooded aristocrats!
- Extract from : « Colorado Jim » by George Goodchild
- The blue-blooded aristocrat had appeared at Yale, and he had chosen his circle of acquaintances with great care.
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell at Yale » by Burt L. Standish
- We're a nasty lot, we Ffrenches; a lot of blue-blooded snobs without any red blood in us.
- Extract from : « The Flying Mercury » by Eleanor M. Ingram
- Whenever Amadeus and his spouse went there for an airing, the blue-blooded of the opposition significantly trotted off.
- Extract from : « Romantic Spain » by John Augustus O'Shea
- Would Sir Walter have been less great had he sprung from common stock or would Robbie have been greater had he been blue-blooded?
- Extract from : « An American Hobo in Europe » by Ben Goodkind
- A plain American has to go some to round up and get the right brand on some of these blue-blooded names of yours.
- Extract from : « A Daughter of the Dons » by William MacLeod Raine
- Outwardly calm—yes: that at least was due to the memory of his blue-blooded father.
- Extract from : « Men, Women and Guns » by H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile
- Frank is in the stock-raising business at present, and carries a side line of blue-blooded dogs.
- Extract from : « Fore! » by Charles Emmett Van Loan
Synonyms for blue-blooded
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