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full-blooded

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of full-blooded

1 of unmixed ancestry
  • a full-blooded American Indian
Synonyms of full-blooded

blooded, full-blood, pedigreed (or pedigree), pure-blooded (or pure-blood), purebred, thoroughbred
Words Related to full-blooded

well-bred

inbred
Near Antonyms of full-blooded

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

hybrid, mixed, mongrel
2 having a healthy reddish skin tone
  • Dave had the full-blooded complexion of a rugged outdoorsman.
Synonyms of full-blooded

blooming, florid, flush, glowing, red, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine
Words Related to full-blooded

bronzed, brown, suntanned, tanned

bloomy, blushing, flushed, pink, warm

cherubic
Near Antonyms of full-blooded

waxen, waxy

blanched, white, whitened

anemic, sick, sickly

white-faced
Antonyms of full-blooded

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
Synonyms of full-blooded

aggressive, assertive, dynamic, emphatic, energetic, forceful, muscular, resounding, strenuous, vehement, vigorous, violent
Words Related to full-blooded

decided, insistent, marked, pointed

absolute, categorical (also categoric), clear, plain, unambiguous, unequivocal

arresting, compelling, conspicuous, impelling, noticeable, striking
Near Antonyms of full-blooded

guarded, mild, uncompelling, weak, wishy-washy

ambiguous, equivocal, halting, hesitant

understated
Antonyms of full-blooded

nonassertive, nonemphatic, unemphatic

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