Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: bloodless
IPA transcription: [bl'ʌdləs]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: bloodless, exsanguine, exsanguinous
    Meaning: destitute of blood or apparently so; "the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden
Usage examples
  • His complexion was absolutely bloodless.
  • The bloodless bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter occurred on April 13, 1861.
  • Had there been delay, the more serious conflict between larger forces, land and naval, would scarcely have been bloodless, as the bombardment fortunately was.
  • The two men looked at each other, silent as death: Baldassarre, with dark fierceness and a tightening grip of the soiled worn hands on the velvet-clad arm; Tito, with cheeks and lips all bloodless, fascinated by terror.
  • You see what a man he is"--he turned to the monk--"I'm afraid to go among decent people with him." A fine smile, not without a certain slyness, came on to the pale, bloodless lips of the monk, but he made no reply, and was evidently silent from a sense of his own dignity.