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Cold-blooded   /kˈoʊldblˈədəd/   Listen
adjective
Cold-blooded  adj.  
1.
Having cold blood; said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them.
2.
Deficient in sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted.
3.
Not thoroughbred; said of animals, as horses, which are derived from the common stock of a country.





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"Cold-blooded" Quotes from Famous Books



... Should there be any cold-blooded and morose mortals who really dislike this book, I will give them a story to apply. When the great Duke of Marlborough, accompanied by Lord Cadogan, was one day reconnoitring the army in Flanders, a heavy rain came on, and they both called for their cloaks. Lord Cadogan's servant, ...
— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol. 5 • Various
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... was remembered that Mr. Bleak had at one time been a school-teacher, and his opponents were quick to raise the cry "What can a schoolmaster know about liquor?" It was said that Mr. Bleak was too scholarly, too aloof, too cold-blooded: that his interest in booze was merely philosophical, that he would be incompetent to deal with the practical problems of actual drinking: that he would surround himself with drinks that would be mere puppets, ...
— In the Sweet Dry and Dry • Christopher Morley
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... like this a man acts by instinct, and Wiley Holman dropped to the ground; then with the swiftness of an Indian he bellied off down the hill, looking back after every lightning move. The man was a murderer, a cold-blooded assassin; and, thinking him injured, he had been stealing up to his hiding-place to give him the coup de grace. Wiley rolled into a gulch and peered over the bank, his eyes starting out of his head with fear; and then, ...
— Shadow Mountain • Dane Coolidge
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... "I have found out something about myself which I never suspected before. If you want to see a cold-blooded wretch, look at me!" ...
— Jezebel • Wilkie Collins
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... were always really delighted with the wonderful acquirements of the pupils and the admirable order of the school, it is certain that their Annual Reports were couched in language which might warm the heart of the most cold-blooded and calculating father that ever had a family of daughters to educate. In fact, these Annual Reports were considered by Mr. Peckham ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 32, June, 1860 • Various
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