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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bloodless \Blood"less\, a. [AS. bl?dle['a]s.] 1. Destitute of blood, or apparently so as bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead. The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold. --Dryden. 2. Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as a bloodless victory. --Froude. 3. Without spirit or activity. Thou bloodless remnant of that royal blood ! --Shak. -- {Blood"less*ly}, adv -- {Blood"less*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bloodless adj 1: destitute of blood or apparently so "the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden 2: free from blood or bloodshed; "bloodless surgery"; "a bloodless coup" [ant: {bloody}] 3: without vigor or zest or energy; "an insipit and bloodless young man" 4: devoid of human emotion or feeling; "charts of bloodless economic indicators" 5: ash-colored or 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}, {livid}, {white}]
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