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English Dictionary: bloodless	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bloodless
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bloodless adj destitute of blood or apparently so; "the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden Synonym(s): bloodless, exsanguine, exsanguinous free from blood or bloodshed; "bloodless surgery"; "a bloodless coup" Antonym(s): bloody without vigor or zest or energy; "an insipid and bloodless young man" devoid of human emotion or feeling; "charts of bloodless economic indicators" anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage" Synonym(s): ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bloodless \Blood"less\, a. [AS. bl[?]dle[a0]s.] 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"lessly}, adv. -- {Blood"lessness}, n.