bloodless
without blood: bloodless surgery.
very pale: a bloodless face.
free from bloodshed; accomplished without bloodshed: a bloodless victory; a bloodless coup.
spiritless; without vigor, zest, or energy: a dull, insipid, bloodless young man.
without emotion or feeling; cold-hearted: bloodless data.
Origin of bloodless
1Other words from bloodless
- blood·less·ly, adverb
- blood·less·ness, noun
Words Nearby bloodless
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How to use bloodless in a sentence
Russia could ultimately outmatch Ukraine’s military, but it would not be a bloodless fight.
The remarkable thing about the Taliban advance is that it has been largely bloodless.
'Major American Failure.’ A Political Scientist on Why the U.S. Lost in Afghanistan | Philip Elliott | August 18, 2021 | TimeTunisia, after all, has a history of such bloodless takeovers.
It’s so bloodless I hesitate to advise reconciling — for their sakes.
Carolyn Hax: He dropped the bomb, and now he’s surprised about the fallout | Carolyn Hax | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostHe seems fleshless, bloodless; he might almost be a black man's parody of how a clean-cut white man moves.
The Stacks: Pauline Kael's Talking Heads Obsession | Pauline Kael | November 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
At which point it becomes clear that we have entered a minimalist, bloodless horror movie.
Scarlett Johansson is an Alien Seductress in ‘Under the Skin’ | Jimmy So | April 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThen I felt an arm upon my shoulder, and Boris turned a bloodless face to mine.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis idea was to become modern, efficient and bloodless by using lethal injection.
Winningly, though, Weaver was hardly some bloodless accountant.
Earl Weaver, Baseball’s Brilliant Antagonist, Dies | Tim Marchman | January 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHer white face looked ethereal in the moonlight, and her bloodless lips were quivering with returning life.
The Red Year | Louis TracyThe baron's pallid face looked more bloodless, his accent was fiercer, and his countenance more ruffianly as he uttered all this.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le FanuTremulously he drew the bow across the middle string, his bloodless fingers moving slowly up and down.
The Fifth String | John Philip SousaShe traced her sin in its shrunken face, its thread-like limbs, its sick nerves and bloodless veins.
The Creators | May SinclairSo he went on after the bloodless thing that had escaped; and in the way he met the appearance of his 285 mother, and she wept.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis Stevenson
British Dictionary definitions for bloodless
/ (ˈblʌdlɪs) /
without blood
conducted without violence (esp in the phrase bloodless revolution)
anaemic-looking; pale
lacking vitality; lifeless
lacking in emotion; cold; unfeeling
Derived forms of bloodless
- bloodlessly, adverb
- bloodlessness, noun
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