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–adjective

1.	without blood: bloodless surgery.

2.	very pale: a bloodless face.

3.	free from bloodshed; accomplished without bloodshed: a bloodless victory; a bloodless coup.

4.	spiritless; without vigor, zest, or energy: a dull, insipid, bloodless young man.

5.	without emotion or feeling; cold-hearted: bloodless data.

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME blodles, OE blōdléas. See blood, -less

]

—Related forms

blood·less·ly, adverb

blood·less·ness, noun

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blood·less Audio Help (blŭd'lĭs) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Deficient in or lacking blood.
Pale and anemic in color: smiled with bloodless lips.
Achieved without bloodshed: a bloodless coup.
Lacking vivacity or spirit: a long, bloodless speech.
Devoid of human emotion or feeling: charts of bloodless economic indicators.

blood'less·ly adv., blood'less·ness n.

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bloodless
adjective
1.	destitute of blood or apparently so; "the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden
2.	free from blood or bloodshed; "bloodless surgery"; "a bloodless coup" [ant: bloody]
3.	without vigor or zest or energy; "an insipid and bloodless young man"
4.	devoid of human emotion or feeling; "charts of bloodless economic indicators"
5.	anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage" [syn: ashen]

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ˈbloodless1 adjective

without the shedding of blood
Example: a bloodless victory

Arabic:	بِدونِ إراقَةِ دِماء
Chinese (Traditional):	不流血的
Czech:	nekrvavý, bez krveprolití
Danish:	ublodig
Dutch:	bloedeloos
Estonian:	veretu
Finnish:	veretön
French:	sans effusion de sang
German:	unblutig
Greek:	αναίμακτος
Hungarian:	vérontás nélküli
Icelandic:	án blóðsúthellingar
Indonesian:	tak berdarah
Italian:	incruento
Japanese:	無血の

Korean:	유혈의 참사가 없는
Latvian:	bezasins-; bez asins izliešanas
Lithuanian:	be kraujo praliejimo
Norwegian:	ublodig
Polish:	bezkrwawy
Portuguese (Brazil):	sem sangue
Portuguese (Portugal):	sem derramamento de sangue
Romanian:	fără vărsare de sânge
Russian:	бескровный
Slovak:	bez krvipreliatia
Slovenian:	brez prelivanja krvi
Spanish:	sin (derramamiento de) sangre
Swedish:	oblodig
Turkish:	kansız

ˈbloodless2 adjective

anaemic
Example: She is definitely bloodless.

Arabic:	شاحِبٌ، لا دَمَ فيهِ
Chinese (Traditional):	貧血的
Czech:	anemický
Danish:	blodfattig
Dutch:	bloedarm
Estonian:	aneemiline, kehvverene
Finnish:	vähäverinen
French:	anémié
German:	blutarm
Greek:	αναιμικός
Hungarian:	vérszegény
Icelandic:	blóðlítill
Indonesian:	kurang darah
Italian:	anemico
Japanese:	貧血の

Korean:	빈혈의
Latvian:	anēmisks; novārdzis; bāls
Lithuanian:	sergantis mažakraujyste
Norwegian:	blodfattig
Polish:	anemiczny
Portuguese (Brazil):	anêmico
Portuguese (Portugal):	anémico
Romanian:	anemic
Russian:	анемичный
Slovak:	anemický
Slovenian:	slabokrven
Spanish:	anémico, exangüe
Swedish:	anemisk, blodfattig
Turkish:	kansız, solgun