English adjective: cold-blooded | |||
1. | cold-blooded without compunction or human feeling | ||
Samples | In cold blood. Cold-blooded killing. Insensate destruction. | ||
Synonyms | cold, inhuman, insensate | ||
Similar | inhumane | ||
Antonyms | humane | ||
2. | cold-blooded having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated) | ||
Similar | ectothermic, heterothermic, poikilothermic, poikilothermous | ||
Domain category | zoological science, zoology | ||
Antonyms | warm-blooded | ||