cold-blooded

Meaning

  1. Having an unregulated body temperature; ectothermic.
  2. (figuratively) Lacking emotion or compunction.
  3. Of a type of horse: tall and muscular, usually good-natured and suitable for heavy work.

Opposite of
warm-blooded
Synonyms

cold
A2
🥶
unfeeling
35k
inhuman
C2
chilly
C1
cruel
B2
cool
A1
🆒
insensate
heartless
C1
callous
21k
ruthless
C1
merciless
C2
poikilothermic
poikilotherm

sensitive to cold

frigid
C2
frosty
C2
icy
C2
impassible
implacable
44k
inconsiderate
21k
insensitive
C2
insentient
malicious
C2
matter-of-fact
pitiless
42k
relentless
C2
savage
C1
senseless
C2
unblinking
unconscious
B2
unprincipled
heart of stone

cruel and heartless

fish-like

exoenergic
barbaric
C2
exoenthalpic
brutal
C1
chilled
C2
clammy
29k
cold-hearted
28k
composed
C2
determined
B2
dispassionate
draft horse
emotionless
47k
exothermal
exothermic
fierce
C1
fishy
C1
Translations

kaltblütig
poïkilotherme

ψυχρόαιμος

poikilotherm

spietato
frío
🥶
froid
🥶
à sang froid
a sangue freddo

empfindungslos

emotionslos

exotèrmic

wechselwarm

kalt und gefühllos

fred
🥶
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkoʊldˈblʌd.ɪd/
Etymology

From cold blood + -ed.

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