Antonyms for red-blooded


Grammar : Adj
Spell : red-bluhd-id
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛdˈblʌd ɪd


Definition of red-blooded

Origin :
  • "having red blood," 1802, from red (adj.1) + blood (n.). Figurative meaning "vigorous, spirited" is recorded from 1877.
  • As in lusty : adj energetic, healthy
  • As in strenuous : adj energetic, zealous
  • As in vigorous : adj energetic, powerful
  • As in virile : adj potent, powerful
  • As in vital : adj lively
  • As in manly : adj courageous
  • As in masculine : adj manlike
  • As in kinetic : adj energetic
  • As in manful : adj manly
  • As in courageous : adj brave, bold
  • As in dynamic : adj active, vital
  • As in energetic : adj full of life; forceful
Example sentences :
  • Men like what the magazines call “a red-blooded, two-fisted, he-man.”
  • Extract from : « The Book of Business Etiquette » by Nella Henney
  • So this was the man whom Richard Gregory had designated as a red-blooded American.
  • Extract from : « El Diablo » by Brayton Norton
  • Young men, red-blooded, far from home, inhabit these war cities.
  • Extract from : « Huts in Hell » by Daniel A. Poling
  • One there lacks the freedom of expression which all red-blooded men love.
  • Extract from : « Cox--The Man » by Roger W. Babson
  • He is a hearty, red-blooded, Tory gentleman who lives in Worcestershire.
  • Extract from : « The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers » by Various
  • As for doing our own fighting, I think every red-blooded Canadian is in favour of that.
  • Extract from : « In Pastures Green » by Peter McArthur
  • He was red-blooded, but at the same time his heart was clean.
  • Extract from : « West Wind Drift » by George Barr McCutcheon
  • They had not his wife's and Austin's cultivation, but they were honest, red-blooded people.
  • Extract from : « Kit Musgrave's Luck » by Harold Bindloss
  • I mean the gross and licentious plutocrat of the red-blooded story.
  • Extract from : « Captain Macedoine's Daughter » by William McFee
  • A red-blooded woman like me to take to altruism, as some take to drugs!
  • Extract from : « Why Joan? » by Eleanor Mercein Kelly

Synonyms for red-blooded

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