Cold-blooded Adjective - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

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Definition of cold-blooded adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cold-blooded adjective  /ˌkəʊld ˈblʌdɪd/  /ˌkəʊld ˈblʌdɪd/ jump to other results

1. (of people and their actions) showing no feelings or sympathy for other people
   • a cold-blooded killer
   • cold-blooded murder
   Extra Examples
   • You're totally cold-blooded and unfeeling.
   • There was something very cold-blooded about the way he reacted to his father's death.
   • These were premeditated acts of cold-blooded murder.

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2. (biology) (of animals, for example fish or snakes) having a body temperature that depends on the temperature of the surrounding air or water compare warm-bloodedTopics Animalsc1

See cold-blooded in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: cold-blooded

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• cold noun
• cold adverb
• cold-blooded adjective
• cold-bloodedly adverb
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