Synonyms of cold-blooded

cold-blooded

adjective

ˈkōl(d)-ˈblə-dəd 

1

as in ruthless

having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings

a cold-blooded criminal who never once showed an ounce of mercy to his victims

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ruthless
• merciless
• callous
• pitiless
• heartless
• remorseless
• stony
• brutal
• hard
• cruel
• compassionless
• oppressive
• vicious
• inhuman
• malicious
• unfeeling
• soulless
• abusive
• hateful
• inhumane
• insensitive
• unmerciful
• harsh
• hard-hearted
• tough
• take-no-prisoners
• unsympathetic
• obdurate
• insensate
• uncharitable
• affectless
• hard-boiled
• thick-skinned
• stern
• unsparing
• slash-and-burn
• grim
• indurate
• pachydermatous
• savage
• desensitized
• case-hardened
• stoney
• severe
• ironhearted
• thoughtless
• uncaring
• mean
• boorish
• unthinking
• stonyhearted
• unfriendly
• inconsiderate
• malevolent
• heedless
• rough
• spiteful
• virulent
• cold
• unloving
• ungentle
• rough-and-tumble
• disagreeable
• brutish
• bestial
• surly
• barbarous
• hard-bitten
• ironfisted
• jackbooted
• heavy-handed
• acrimonious
• ironhanded
• ill-natured
• evil-minded
• rancorous
• knock-down-and-drag-out
• ill-tempered
• sledgehammer
• frosty
• knock-down, drag-out
• austere

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sympathetic
• warm
• sensitive
• charitable
• compassionate
• humane
• merciful
• benevolent
• gentle
• kind
• kindly
• mild
• tender
• softhearted
• kindhearted
• friendly
• lenient
• warmhearted
• indulgent
• tenderhearted
• gracious
• cordial
• benignant
• tolerant
• affectionate
• loving
• good-natured
• understanding
• good-tempered
• fond
• clement

2

as in icy

lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling

the cold-blooded selfishness shown by the miser when confronted by people in need

Synonyms & Similar Words

• icy
• cold
• frigid
• chilly
• cool
• arctic
• chill
• brittle
• reserved
• frozen
• glacial
• clammy
• detached
• unfriendly
• unsympathetic
• cold-eyed
• frosty
• antiseptic
• wintry
• pitiless
• hard-eyed
• heartless
• gelid
• wintery
• uncaring
• coldhearted
• coldish
• uncordial
• unemotional
• unfeeling
• bloodless
• soulless
• dispassionate
• unresponsive
• hard-hearted
• undemonstrative
• aloof
• uninterested
• indifferent
• apathetic
• impersonal
• antisocial
• standoffish
• unenthusiastic
• kindless
• offish
• unsociable
• unsocial

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• warm
• sympathetic
• friendly
• happy
• genial
• cordial
• compassionate
• hearty
• kind
• warm-blooded
• emotional
• warmhearted
• expressive
• demonstrative
• enthusiastic
• kindhearted
• eager
• passionate

3

as in stoic

not feeling or showing emotion

a cold-blooded assessment of the situation showed that the company needed either to lay off workers or go bankrupt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stoic
• phlegmatic
• stoical
• unemotional
• calm
• emotionless
• enigmatic
• passionless
• impassive
• enigmatical
• stolid
• bland
• apathetic
• detached
• numb
• undemonstrative
• affectless
• impassible
• cold
• dispassionate
• collected
• dry
• reserved
• composed
• cool
• empty
• unflappable
• imperturbable
• unmoved
• taciturn
• wooden
• pitiless
• aloof
• expressionless
• objective
• deadpan
• blank
• inscrutable
• unsentimental
• bloodless
• impersonal
• inexpressive
• indifferent
• thoughtless
• unconcerned
• reticent
• unfeeling
• vacant
• unresponsive
• stone-faced
• inconsiderate
• straight-faced
• impenetrable
• hard-hearted
• insensible

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• emotional
• passionate
• impassioned
• fervent
• demonstrative
• vehement
• enthusiastic
• fervid
• passional
• fiery
• zealous
• burning
• ardent
• red-hot
• sentimental
• hot-blooded
• flaming
• dramatic
• blazing
• sympathetic
• glowing
• warm-blooded
• melodramatic
• mushy
• mawkish
• compassionate
• responsive
• histrionic
• reactive
• sensitive
• gung ho
• maudlin
• perfervid
• gushing
• overheated
• overemotional

4

as in mixed

or coldblood being offspring produced by parents of different races, breeds, species, or genera

he may not be as fancy as the other horses they own, but that cold-blooded gelding is safe and gentle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mixed
• cross
• hybrid
• crossbred
• mongrel
• crossed
• grade
• half-bred
• trihybrid
• dihybrid
• hybridized
• outcrossed
• interbred

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blooded
• thoroughbred
• purebred
• full-blood
• full-blooded
• inbred
• pedigree
• pedigreed
• straightbred
• linebred

Examples of cold-blooded in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Snakes are cold-blooded and use the temperature of their environment to regulate their bodies. —Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 5 July 2024

Leopold and Loeb’s cold-blooded murder of a fourteen-year-old fascinated the nation and showcased new ways of bringing science to bear in criminal cases. —The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 2 July 2024

These were the actions of a cold-blooded, calculated killer. —Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024

Life What the Gombe Chimpanzee War taught us about human nature From 1974 to 1978, the chimps of Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania were at war with each other, the first time conservationists saw chimps engage in calculated, cold-blooded killing. —Big Think, 24 June 2024