bloodless (adj.)

  1. free from blood or bloodshed; bloodless surgery; a bloodless coup'

  2. destitute of blood or apparently so; the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold- John Dryden

    [ Syn: exsanguine , exsanguinous ]

  3. without vigor or zest or energy; an insipid and bloodless young man'

  4. devoid of human emotion or feeling; charts of bloodless economic indicators'

  5. anemic looking from illness or emotion; a face turned ashen; the invalids 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

    [ Syn: ashen , blanched , livid , white ]

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