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Synonyms & Antonyms of cold-blooded
- a cold-blooded criminal who never once showed an ounce of mercy to his victims
Synonyms for cold-blooded
- affectless,
- callous,
- case-hardened,
- compassionless,
- desensitized,
- hard,
- hard-boiled,
- hard-hearted,
- heartless,
- indurate,
- inhuman,
- inhumane,
- insensate,
- insensitive,
- ironhearted,
- merciless,
- obdurate,
- pachydermatous,
- pitiless,
- remorseless,
- ruthless,
- slash-and-burn,
- soulless,
- stony
- (also stoney),
- stonyhearted,
- take-no-prisoners,
- thick-skinned,
- uncharitable,
- unfeeling,
- unmerciful,
- unsparing,
- unsympathetic
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- grim,
- hard-bitten,
- harsh,
- heavy-handed,
- ironfisted,
- ironhanded,
- jackbooted,
- knock-down, drag-out
- (or knock-down-and-drag-out),
- oppressive,
- rough,
- rough-and-tumble,
- severe,
- sledgehammer,
- stern,
- tough,
- ungentle
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- the cold-blooded selfishness shown by the miser when confronted by people in need
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- a cold-blooded assessment of the situation showed that the company needed either to lay off workers or go bankrupt
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- bland,
- blank,
- deadpan,
- dry,
- empty,
- expressionless,
- inexpressive,
- stone-faced,
- straight-faced,
- vacant,
- wooden
- enigmatic
- (also enigmatical),
- impenetrable,
- inscrutable
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- he may not be as fancy as the other horses they own, but that cold-blooded gelding is safe and gentle
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The first known use of cold-blooded was in 1606
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