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Word Meanings - BLOODLESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead. The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold. Dryden. 2. Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory. Froude. 3. Without spirit or activity.

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1. Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead. The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold. Dryden. 2. Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory. Froude. 3. Without spirit or activity. Thou bloodless remnant of that royal blood ! Shak. -- Blood"less*ly, adv. -- Blood"less*ness, n.

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  • HUELESS
    Destitute of color. Hudibras.
  • GHASTLY
    gastlich, gastli, fearful, causing fear, fr. gasten to terrify, AS. 1. Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal. Each turned his face with a ghastly pang. Coleridge. His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized.
  • CADAVEROUS
    1. Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look. 2. Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body. "The scent cadaverous." -- Ca*dav"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Ca*dav"er*ous*ness, n.
  • PALLIDNESS
    The quality or state of being pallid; paleness; pallor; wanness.
  • EXSANGUINEOUS
    Destitute of blood; anæmic; exsanguious.
  • BLOODLESS
    1. Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead. The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold. Dryden. 2. Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory. Froude. 3. Without spirit or activity.
  • PALLID
    Deficient in color; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance; pallid blue. Spenser.
  • PALLIDLY
    In a pallid manner.
  • PALLIDITY
    Pallidness; paleness.
  • IMPALLID
    To make pallid; to blanch. Feltham.

 

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