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in cold blood en · ADP

Pronunciation

Etymology

From a specialized meaning of cold, referring to lack of empathy.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) In a ruthless and unfeeling manner, particularly as applied to first-degree murder committed without provocation and with malice aforethought.
    • Police have arrested a suspect in the murder-robbery of a gold shop in Lop Buri two weeks ago, in which a young child and two adults were killed in cold blood. 2020 January 22, “Suspect in Lop Buri gold robbery-murders arrested”, in Bangkok Post, Bangkok: Bangkok Post Public Company Limited, retrieved 22 Jan 2020:
    • It was not a suicide! He was murdered in cold blood.

Relateds

cold-blooded

Translations (40)

bg хладнокръ́вно (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · hu hidegvérrel (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · nb med kaldt blod (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · nl in koelen bloede (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · lb kalbliddeg (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · is með köldu blóði (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · gl a sangue frío (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · cmn 冷血地 (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · fi kylmäverisesti (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · el εν ψυχρώ (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · eo malvarmsange (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · mk ладнокрвно (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · it a sangue freddo (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · id berdarah dingin (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · be халаднакро́ўна (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · sw kwa damu baridi (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · ast a sangre frío (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · es a sangre fría (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · sv med berått mod (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · sl hladnokrvno (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · ja 冷酷に (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · cs chladnokrevně (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · ca a sang freda (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · ko 랭혈의 (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · sv kallblodigt (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · ro cu sânge rece (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · pt a sangue frio (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · da med koldt blod (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · sh хла̏днокр̄вно (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · ru хладнокро́вно (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · fi julmasti (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · sk chladnokrvne (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · fr de sang froid (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · pl z zimną krwią (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · ko 냉혈의 (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · nl koudbloedig (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · de kaltblütig (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · uk холоднокро́вно (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · sh hlȁdnokr̄vno (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner) · ar بِدَم بَارِد (in a ruthless and unfeeling manner)