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cold blood

cold blood noun: a state of mild or low emotions, previously understood as a condition whereby the blood has not been appreciably heated by emotional intensity.

Noun

cold blood (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete outside the phrase in cold blood) A state of mild or low emotions, previously understood as a condition whereby the blood has not been appreciably heated by emotional intensity.
    • Farwell faint-hearted and degenerate King, / In whose cold blood no sparke of Honor bides.c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

cold blood meaning in Tamil

cold blood in Tamil

குளிர்க்குருதி, குளிர்ந்த இரத்தம்

Words formed from cold blood

Questions about cold blood

What does cold blood mean?
Cold blood means a state of mild or low emotions, previously understood as a condition whereby the blood has not been appreciably heated by emotional intensity.
What is cold blood in Tamil?
Cold blood in Tamil is குளிர்க்குருதி, குளிர்ந்த இரத்தம். See Cold blood meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cold blood?
Cold blood is a noun.

Words near cold blood in the dictionary

  1. cold backs
  2. Cold Bay
  3. cold biscuit
  4. cold biscuits
  5. cold blob
  6. cold blood
  7. Cold Blow
  8. cold boot
  9. cold boot attack
  10. cold boot attacks
  11. cold booted

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