bloodless
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (5)
- destitute of blood or apparently so“the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold — John Dryden”Synonyms: exsanguineexsanguinous
- free from blood or bloodshed“bloodless surgery”“a bloodless coup”
- without vigor or zest or energy“an insipid and bloodless young man”
- devoid of human emotion or feeling“charts of bloodless economic indicators”
- 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”Synonyms: ashenblanchedlividwhite
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
nonhuman \nonhuman\ adj. not human. Opposite of human. [Narrower terms: anthropoid, anthropoidal, apelike; bloodless; dehumanized, unhuman; grotesque, monstrous, unnatural; mechanical] [WordNet 1.5]
Bloodless \Blood"less\, a. [AS. bl[=o]dle['a]s.]
1.Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead. [1913 Webster]
The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
2.Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory. --Froude. [1913 Webster]
3.Without spirit or activity. [1913 Webster]
Thou bloodless remnant of that royal blood ! --Shak. [1913 Webster] -- Blood"less*ly, adv. -- Blood"less*ness, n. [1913 Webster]