Antonyms for lifeblood
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lahyf-bluhd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪfˌblʌd |
Definition of lifeblood
Origin :- also life-blood, 1580s, "blood necessary for life," from life (n.) + blood (n.). Figurative and transferred use is from 1590s.
- As in life : noun animation, spirit
- As in quintessence : noun essence, core
- As in whole blood : noun unmodified blood
- As in essence : noun heart, significance
- One reference each of "lifeblood" and "life-blood" were retained.
- Extract from : « Red Cap Tales » by Samuel Rutherford Crockett
- The curse impels her to attack him, to seek to drain his lifeblood.
- Extract from : « The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction » by Dorothy Scarborough
- And it was as if Dworn's own lifeblood had been drained and his own heart had stopped beating.
- Extract from : « World of the Drone » by Robert Abernathy
- Not while my hands are free, my body quick With lifeblood, and my heart a man's.
- Extract from : « Virginia, A Tragedy » by Marion Forster Gilmore
- Business was crippled; industry was squeezed dry of its lifeblood.
- Extract from : « Readings in Money and Banking » by Chester Arthur Phillips
- This wine is my lifeblood, which I give that you may have eternal life.
- Extract from : « Men Called Him Master » by Elwyn Allen Smith
- Hundreds of thousands of men dyed its soil with their lifeblood.
- Extract from : « America's War for Humanity » by Thomas Herbert Russell
- Gradual and slow the lifeblood flowed again, and with it thought, although confused and tangled.
- Extract from : « Mirk Abbey, Volume 1(of 3) » by James Payn
- What other man ever put forty millions of money and his lifeblood into a railroad?
- Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 11 (of 14) » by Elbert Hubbard
- The only green thing was some ivy, a parasitic vampire which drew its lifeblood from the mouldering corpse of an old church.
- Extract from : « The Moon Rock » by Arthur J. Rees
Synonyms for lifeblood
- activity
- apotheosis
- arterial blood
- aspect
- attribute
- backbone
- base
- basis
- be-all and end-all
- being
- blood
- bottom
- bottom line
- breath
- brio
- burden
- caliber
- character
- chief constituent
- constitution
- core
- crux
- dash
- distillation
- élan
- élan vital
- element
- energy
- enthusiasm
- entity
- epitome
- esprit
- essence
- essentia
- essentiality
- excitement
- extract
- fiber
- form
- fundamentals
- germ
- get-up-and-go
- gist
- go
- grain
- growth
- heart
- high spirits
- impulse
- kernel
- last word
- life
- lifeblood
- liveliness
- main idea
- marrow
- meaning
- meat
- name of game
- nature
- nitty-gritty
- nub
- nucleus
- oomph
- pith
- point
- principle
- property
- quality
- quiddity
- quintessence
- reality
- root
- sentience
- soul
- sparkle
- spirit
- structure
- stuff
- substance
- timber
- ultimate
- vein
- venous blood
- verve
- viability
- vigor
- virtuality
- vitality
- vivacity
- zest
- zing
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