adjective · rare

bloodless

bloodless · more bloodless · most bloodless

безкровний

бескровный, безжизненный

bleich, blutarm, unblutig, blutleer

Lacking blood; ashen, anaemicLacking blood; ashen, anaemic.

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US/blˈʌdləs/

» It's just a bloodless sacrifice.

Meaning

3 senses

Lacking blood; ashen, anaemic.
blutarm, bleich
бескро́вныйbeskróvnyj
безкро́внийbezkróvnyj
destitute of blood or apparently so
Taking place without loss of blood.
a bloodless conquest; a bloodless coup d'état; a bloodless revolution; a bloodless victory
unblutig
бескро́вныйbeskróvnyj
безкро́внийbezkróvnyj
(figuratively)Lacking emotion, passion or vivacity.
blutleer
безжи́зненныйbezžíznennyj

Examples

3 sentences

It's just a bloodless sacrifice.
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Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life.
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Lucy's bloodless lips could only falter out the words, “It was my mother.”
deDie einzigen Worte, die Lucys blutlose Lippen hervorstammeln konnten, lauteten: „Es war meine Mutter.“
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

lacking blood:

Русский

By meaning 2

lacking blood:

lacking emotion or vivacity:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

lacking blood:

taking place without loss of blood:

lacking emotion or vivacity:

Origin

From Middle English blodles, from Old English blōdlēas (“bloodless”). Cognate with Dutch b

From Middle English blodles, from Old English blōdlēas (“bloodless”). Cognate with Dutch bloedeloos (“bloodless”), German blutlos (“bloodless”), Danish blodløs (“bloodless”), Swedish blodlös (“bloodless”), Icelandic blóðlaus (“bloodless”). By surface analysis, blood + -less.

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