Synonyms for cold-blooded
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1. cold-bloodedadjective

   Synonyms:
   sangfroid

   Antonyms:
   warm-blooded

2. cold-bloodedadjective

   Having an unregulated body temperature; ectothermic.

   Synonyms:
   sangfroid

   Antonyms:
   warm-blooded

3. cold-bloodedadjective

   Lacking emotion or compunction.

   Synonyms:
   sangfroid

   Antonyms:
   warm-blooded

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1. cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensateadjective

   without compunction or human feeling

   "in cold blood"; "cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction"

   Synonyms:
   dusty, cold, moth-eaten, stale, inhuman, insentient, frigid, insensate

   Antonyms:
   homoiothermic, homeothermic, humane, warm-blooded, homothermic

2. cold-bloodedadjective

   having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated)

   Synonyms:
   inhuman, insensate, cold

   Antonyms:
   homothermic, homoiothermic, humane, homeothermic, warm-blooded

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1. • Zoology

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1. cold-bloodedadjective

   Synonyms:
   poikilothermal, deliberate

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1. List of paraphrases for "cold-blooded":

   cruel, unmerciful

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1. Joseph Bonavolonta:

   Usma Acosta is a convicted cold-blooded killer who thought Usma Acosta could evade justice by entering the United States and creating a new identity for Usma Acosta so Usma Acosta could live under the radar. Usma Acosta needs to face justice for what Usma Acosta did, and today's arrest ensures that Usma Acosta will.

2. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine:

   This is an old-fashioned, cold-blooded, calculated massacre of eight human beings.

3. Paul Blackman:

   I have been in law enforcement all of my adult life, and this horrific incident shocks and angers me more than anything I have encountered in my career, while we still don't know what drove the suspect to commit this heinous act, there is no excuse that can justify the cold-blooded murder of multiple victims.

4. Robin Dawson:

   Dinosaurs sit at an evolutionary point between birds, which are warm-blooded, and reptiles, which are cold-blooded, our results suggest that all major groups of dinosaurs had warmer body temperatures than their environment.

5. Courtney Ciccone:

   This is cold-blooded murder.