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What (who) is cold-blooded - definition

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Coldblooded; Cold blooded; Cold-Bloodedness; Cold Blooded; Cold-Blooded; Cold-blood; Cold-blooded (disambiguation); Cold Blooded (disambiguation); Cold-bloodedness

cold-blooded         
1.
Someone who is cold-blooded does not show any pity or emotion.
...a cold-blooded murderer...
This was a brutal and cold-blooded killing.
ADJ [disapproval]
2.
Cold-blooded animals have a body temperature that changes according to the surrounding temperature. Reptiles, for example, are cold-blooded.
? warm-blooded
ADJ
cold-blooded         
¦ adjective
1. denoting animals whose body temperature varies with that of the environment (e.g. reptiles and fish); poikilothermic.
2. without emotion; deliberately cruel.
Derivatives
cold-bloodedly adverb
cold-bloodedness noun
cold-blooded         
a.
1.
Having cold blood.
2.
Unfeeling, apathetic, cold-hearted. See cold, 4.
3.
Deliberate, calculating, calculated, heartless, unrelenting, relentless, remorseless, cruel.

Wikipedia

Cold-blooded

Cold-blooded is an informal term for one or more of a group of characteristics that determine an animal's thermophysiology. These include:

  • Ectothermy, controlling body temperature through external processes, such as by basking in the sun
  • Poikilothermy, the ability of an organism to function over a wide internal temperature range
  • Bradymetabolism, the ability to greatly alter metabolic rate in response to need; for example, animals that hibernate

Cold blooded and Coldblooded may also refer to:

Examples of use of cold-blooded
1. He was a cold–blooded killer," said student Soher Marous.
2. The government characterized the slayings as cold–blooded murder.
3. He is naturally cold–blooded and must have some warmth.
4. Mr Farmer added "It‘s a pretty cold–blooded measured plan.
5. He was a cold blooded killer," said student Soher Marous.