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   Blood·less

   /ˈblədləs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a revolution or conflict) without violence or killing: "a bloodless coup" Similar nonviolentpeacefulpeaceablepacifisticstrife-freeconflict-freeharmoniousorderlydisciplinedOpposite bloodyviolent
   • 2. (of the skin or a part of the body) drained of color: "his bloodless lips" Similar anemicpalewanpallidashencolorlesschalkychalk whitemilkywaxenwhitegraypastysallowjaundicedwashed outsicklypeakeddrainedsappeddrawndeathlydeathlikeghostlikewhite as a sheetinformal:peakyrare:etiolatedOpposite ruddy
   • ▪ (of a person) cold or unemotional: "a shrewd and bloodless Hollywood mogul" Similar heartlessunfeelingcruelruthlessmercilesspitilesscoldhardstony-heartedstonywith a heart of stonecold-bloodedcold-heartedharshcalloussevereunmercifulunpityinguncaringunsympatheticuncharitableOpposite warmheartedcharitable
   • ▪ lacking in vitality; feeble: "their occasionally bloodless chamber jazz" Similar feeblespiritlesslifelesspassionlesslistlesslimpunanimatedlanguidhalfheartedunenthusiasticlukewarmblandvapidwishy-washyOpposite powerful

   Derivatives

   • 1. bloodlessly adverb
   • 2. bloodlessness noun

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