Antonyms for red-blooded

Grammar : Adj

Spell : red-bluhd-id

Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛdˈblʌd ɪd

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

Example sentences :

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

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