Synonyms for cold-blooded
- adjective
Most common
cruel brutal cold-hearted unfeeling deliberate ectothermic poikilothermic
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Cold-hearted — lacking emotion or compunction
cold-hearted, unfeeling, brutal, cruel, emotionless, unemotional, dispassionate, reptilian, uncaring, cool, impassive, passionless, phlegmatic, apathetic, dull, immovable, nonemotional, heartless, callous, stolid, insensitive, indifferent
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Lacking emotion or compunction.
- adj. 2
Having an unregulated body temperature; ectothermic.
Related words
- Word family
- cold-bloodedness
- Other spellings
- coldblooded
Example sentences
- cruel I think it is cruel to trap animals for fur coats.
- brutal The city was ruined by the brutal force of nature.
- unfeeling He accused me of being an unfeeling father and husband.
- deliberate You must be deliberate in selecting a partner.
By length
- 4 letters
- cool1, cold1, dull1
- 5 letters
- cruel2
- 6 letters
- brutal2, stolid2
- 7 letters
- inhuman3, callous2
- 8 letters
- uncaring3
- 9 letters
- heartless2, reptilian3, apathetic4, immovable4, unfeeling3, impassive3, insensate
- 10 letters
- deliberate4, phlegmatic3
- 11 letters
- insensitive4, indifferent3, emotionless, unemotional5, passionless, ectothermic
- 12 letters
- nonemotional
- 13 letters
- dispassionate4
- 14 letters
- poikilothermic
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cruel2 = 2 syllables).