BLOODLESS Synonyms: 144 Similar and Opposite Words

bloodless

adjective

Definition of bloodless

as in pitiless

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as in anemic

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Recent Examples of bloodless The film ends up illustrating the limitations of the Storkels’ affection for re-enactments and their general interest in stories that are outlandish enough to be thrilling and bloodless enough to be treated with some measure of whimsy. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026 But now, with the bloodless spectacle of a button being pushed to prompt a computer to decide the league-phase fixtures, then variables for the knockouts limited to deciding which of two pre-determined teams the winners of the play-offs would face, the old way actually seems quite diverting. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026 In recent years, these Chinese middlemen have essentially become the go-to bankers for the biggest players in the US drug trade, authorities have said, wresting control from Latin American interests in what has amounted to a bloodless coup. — Rob Kuznia, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025 After the six previous matches concluded rather quickly with bloodless knockouts (a UFC record), the fight between American Gaethje and the German-born, Georgia and Spain-representing Topuria lasted much longer. — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for bloodless

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodless

Adjective

Nilsson’s depiction of bodies past their prime conjures not the pitiless naturalism of Joan Semmel or Alice Neel, but something friskier, more delighted.

— Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
As with the others, the pitiless treatment only ends when they’re slaughtered.

— Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 18 May 2026

Definition of pitiless

Adjective

Economic growth is anemic, taxes are high, public services are creaking and successive governments have been unable to stem the flow of migrants who wash up on the English Channel coast in inflatable boats.

— Danica Kirka, Fortune, 22 June 2026
Larvae can rupture arteries, causing severe bleeding and leaving the animals severely anemic.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 22 June 2026

Definition of anemic

Adjective

At the same time, federal sentencing policy has increasingly recognized that rehabilitation should remain an important objective, particularly for first time, nonviolent offenders who present little risk of future criminal conduct.

— Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi led the Salt March, a nonviolent protest against the tax, which had become a symbol of colonial oppression.

— Zehra Jumabhoy, Artforum, 25 June 2026

Definition of nonviolent

Adjective

One of the details described the placement of Guthrie's Apple Watch with a white wrist band that was left on the floor next to her bed.

— Anna Schecter, CBS News, 2 July 2026
Paltrow wore a black, strapless gown and buckled slippers, while Martin sported a two-tone brown-and-blue sweater over a white T-shirt, with brown corduroy pants and a stylishly thin belt.

— Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Definition of white

Adjective

With no discernable reason beyond intimidation, Hasner approved this staggering waste of taxpayer funds, stifling the First Amendment right of peaceable assembly.

— Karen J. Leader, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
Military experts and Iran scholars say that airstrikes alone are unlikely to transform the Islamic republic into a peaceable, democratic country.

— Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026

Definition of peaceable

Adjective

As Micah so nicely puts it, there’s a narrative magnetism to Pitman’s repo encounters, many of which play out as micro-dramas of people in crisis confronting an embodied messenger of the great, unfeeling, deeply unfair American financial system.

— Austin Elias-de Jesus, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Ditto Hugh Jackman’s unerring performance — perhaps his finest dramatic work yet — as a savage, unfeeling thug and unrepentant murderer and thief.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 June 2026

Definition of unfeeling

Adjective

Trump reverses on housing bill Republican senators were eager for a conciliatory meeting with the president after escalating tensions in recent weeks.

— Mary Clare Jalonick, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
Republican senators were eager for a conciliatory meeting with the president after escalating tensions in recent weeks.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 June 2026

Definition of conciliatory

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