bloodless
pronunciation
How to pronounce bloodless in British English:
UK [ˈblʌdləs]
How to pronounce bloodless in American English:
US [ˈblʌdlɪs]
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- Adjective:
- destitute of blood or apparently so
- free from blood or bloodshed
- without vigor or zest or energy
- devoid of human emotion or feeling
- ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion
Word Origin
- bloodless (adj.)
- Old English blodleas; see blood (n.) + -less. The figurative sense in Middle English was "powerless." Related: Bloodlessly.
Antonym
Example
- 1. The fall of mr ben ali was fairly bloodless and astonishingly sudden .
- 2. The impeachment of mrs bandaranayake , in contrast , was a bloodless tussle of constitutional interpretation .
- 3. However , in 1952 batista seized power in an almost bloodless coup three months before the planned election and instituted an oppressive dictatorship .
- 4. While the west views democracy as an advantage since it can offer an institutional and bloodless process for renewal , beijing views it as a source of irrationality and unpredictability .
- 5. Qaddafi and the other junior officers who overthrew libya 's king idris in a bloodless coup in 1969 were inspired by the revolt of the free officers in egypt , who had similarly deposed an unpopular , pro-western monarch in 1952 .