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.

Additional info about word: 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. Thou bloodless remnant of that royal blood ! Shak. -- Blood"less*ly, adv. -- Blood"less*ness, n.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of BLOODLESS)

• Cadaverous
• Pale
• exsanguineous
• bloodless
• hueless
• pallid
• ghastly
• ashy

Related words: (words related to BLOODLESS)

• 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.