[syn: ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
nonhuman \nonhuman\ adj.
not human. Opposite of human. [Narrower terms: anthropoid,
anthropoidal, apelike; bloodless; dehumanized, unhuman;
grotesque, monstrous, unnatural; mechanical]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bloodless \Blood"less\, a. [AS. bl[=o]dle['a]s.]
1. Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless
cheeks; lifeless; dead.
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The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold. --Dryden.
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2. Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a
bloodless victory. --Froude.
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3. Without spirit or activity.
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Thou bloodless remnant of that royal blood ! --Shak.
[1913 Webster] -- Blood"less*ly, adv. --
Blood"less*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bloodless
adj 1: destitute of blood or apparently so; "the bloodless
carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden [syn:
bloodless, exsanguine, exsanguinous]
2: free from blood or bloodshed; "bloodless surgery"; "a
bloodless coup" [ant: bloody]
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 invalid's 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,
bloodless, livid, white]