Definitions for cold-blooded
cold-blood·ed

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensateadjective

   without compunction or human feeling

   "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"

2. cold-bloodedadjective

   having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cold-bloodedadjective

   Having an unregulated body temperature; ectothermic.

2. cold-bloodedadjective

   Lacking emotion or compunction.

3. Etymology: From cold + blood + -ed.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. Cold-bloodedadjective

   having cold blood; -- said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them

2. Cold-bloodedadjective

   deficient in sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted

3. Cold-bloodedadjective

   not thoroughbred; -- said of animals, as horses, which are derived from the common stock of a country

Matched Categories

1. • Zoology

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cold-blooded in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cold-blooded in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of cold-blooded in a Sentence

1. Sheriff Ron Hickman:

   When the rhetoric ramps up to the point where calculated, cold-blooded assassination of police officers happen, this rhetoric has gotten out of control, we've heard 'Black lives matter,' 'All lives matter.' Well, cops' lives matter, too. So why don't we just drop the qualifier, and just say 'Lives matter,' and take that to the bank.

2. Michale Callahan:

   The magnitude of Randy's story, or any wrongful death row conviction that's tainted by police or prosecutorial misconduct, is that the government officials guilty of that conduct are really no better than those who commit cold-blooded murder.

3. Eldred Masunungure:

   Though the election looks like it will go to the wire, the greater likelihood, based on cold-blooded analysis, is that experience, depth and state incumbency will triumph over youthfulness.

4. Joseph Bonavolonta:

   Usma Acosta is a convicted cold-blooded killer who thought Usma Acosta could evade justice by entering the United States and creating a new identity for Usma Acosta so Usma Acosta could live under the radar. Usma Acosta needs to face justice for what Usma Acosta did, and today's arrest ensures that Usma Acosta will.

5. Tonya Conn:

   I've been doing rescues since 2004, we see a lot of starvation and a lot of cruelty, but that was the most horrific scene I've ever been on. Just cold-blooded malice.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cold-blooded
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cold-Blooded
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cold-blooded