cold-blooded
1. without compunction or human feeling (Freq. 1) - in cold blood - cold-blooded killing - insensate destruction • Syn: cold, inhuman, insensate • Similar to: inhumane • Derivationally related forms: inhumanity (for: inhuman) 2. having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated) • Ant: warm-blooded • Similar to: poikilothermic, poikilothermous, heterothermic, ectothermic • Topics: zoology, zoological science
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