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bloodless
CIDE DICTIONARY
bloodless, a. [AS. bl.].
- Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead. [1913 Webster]"The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold." [1913 Webster]
- Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory. Froude. [1913 Webster]
- Without spirit or activity. [1913 Webster]"Thou bloodless remnant of that royal blood !" [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bloodless, adj.
1 without blood.
2 unemotional; cold.
3 pale.
4 without bloodshed (a bloodless coup).
5 feeble; lifeless.
1 without blood.
2 unemotional; cold.
3 pale.
4 without bloodshed (a bloodless coup).
5 feeble; lifeless.
Derivative
bloodlessly adv. bloodlessness n.
THESAURUS
bloodless
achromatic, achromic, anemic, anesthetic, arid, ashen, ashy, asthenic, at peace, barren, blah, blank, bled white, cadaverous, calm, characterless, chicken, chloranemic, cold, colorless, concordant, cowardly, dead, deadly pale, deathly pale, debilitated, dim, dimmed, dingy, discolored, dismal, draggy, drearisome, dreary, drooping, droopy, dry, dryasdust, dull, dusty, effete, elephantine, empty, etiolated, exsanguinated, exsanguine, exsanguineous, fade, faded, faint, faintish, fallow, feeble, flabby, flaccid, flat, floppy, ghastly, gone, gray, gutless, haggard, halcyon, hard, heavy, ho-hum, hollow, hueless, hypochromic, idyllic, imbecile, impassible, impotent, inane, inexcitable, insensate, insensitive, insipid, jejune, lackluster, languid, languorous, leaden, lifeless, limber, limp, listless, livid, low-spirited, lurid, lusterless, lustless, marrowless, mat, mealy, muddy, nerveless, neutral, orderly, pacific, pale, pale as death, pale-faced, pallid, pastoral, pasty, peaceable, peaceful, peacetime, pedestrian, piping, pithless, plodding, pointless, poky, ponderous, pooped, powerless, quiet, restful, rocky, rubbery, sallow, sapless, serene, sickly, sinewless, slack, slow, soft, solemn, spineless, spiritless, sterile, stiff, stodgy, strengthless, stuffy, superficial, tallow-faced, tasteless, tedious, toneless, tranquil, uncolored, unhardened, unlively, unnerved, unstrung, untroubled, vapid, wan, washed-out, waterish, watery, waxen, weak, weakly, whey-faced, white, woodenROGET THESAURUS
bloodless
Peace
N peace, amity, harmony, tranquility, calm, truce, peace treaty, accord, peace pipe, pipe of peace, calumet of peace, piping time of peace, quiet life, neutrality, dove of peace, white dove, dove, pax Romana, Pax Americana, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, calm, tranquil, untroubled, halcyon, bloodless, neutral, dovish, the storm blown over, the lion lies down with the lamb, all quiet on the Potomac, paritur pax bello, peace hath her victories no less renowned than war, they make a desert and they call it peace.Innocence
N innocence, guiltlessness, incorruption, impeccability, clean hands, clear conscience, mens sibi conscia recti, innocent, lamb, dove, innocent, not guilty, unguilty, guiltless, faultless, sinless, stainless, bloodless, spotless, clear, immaculate, rectus in curia, unspotted, unblemished, unerring, undefiled, unhardened, Saturnian, Arcadian, inculpable, unculpable, unblamed, unblamable, blameless, unfallen, inerrable, above suspicion, irreproachable, irreprovable, irreprehensible, unexceptionable, unobjectionable, unimpeachable, salvable, venial, harmless, inoffensive, innoxious, innocuous, dove-like, lamb-like, pure, harmless as doves, innocent as a lamb, innocent as the babe unborn, more sinned against than sinning, virtuous, unreproved, unimpeached, unreproached, innocently, with clean hands, with a clear conscience, with a safe conscience, murus aeneus conscientia sana.For further exploring for "bloodless" in Webster Dictionary Online
