full-blooded

full–blooded

adjective

Definition of FULL-BLOODED

1

of unmixed ancestry <a full-blooded American Indian>

Synonyms blooded, full-blood, full-blooded, pedigreed (or pedigree), pure-blooded (or pure-blood), thoroughbred

Related Words well-bred; inbred

Near Antonyms crossbred, crossed, half-blood (or half-blooded), half-bred, hybridized, interbred, outcrossed

Antonyms hybrid, mixed, mongrel

2

having a healthy reddish skin tone <had the full-blooded complexion of a rugged outdoorsman>

Synonyms blooming, florid, flush, full-blooded, glowing, red, rosy, rubicund, sanguine

Related Words bronzed, brown, suntanned, tanned; bloomy, blowsy (also blowzy), blushing, flushed, pink, pinkish, warm; cherubic

Near Antonyms waxen, waxy; blanched, white, whitened; anemic, sick, sickly; bloodless, cadaverous; whey-faced, white-faced

Antonyms ashen, ashy, doughy, livid, lurid, mealy, pale, paled, palish, pallid, pasty, peaked, peaky, sallow, sallowish, wan

3

marked by or uttered with forcefulness <mounted a full-blooded attack on his opponent's position regarding immigration>

Synonyms aggressive, assertive, dynamic, energetic, forceful, full-blooded, muscular, resounding, strenuous, vehement, vigorous, violent

Related Words decided, insistent, marked, pointed; absolute, categorical (also categoric), clear, plain, unambiguous, unequivocal; arresting, compelling, conspicuous, impelling, noticeable, striking

Near Antonyms guarded, mild, uncompelling, weak, wishy-washy; ambiguous, equivocal, halting, hesitant; understated

Antonyms nonassertive, nonemphatic, unemphatic