- in cold blood as a adverb:
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in cold blood
adverb
1 in cold blood
Emotionlessly and heartlessly; with deliberate cruelty or callousness.
synonym: cold-bloodedly.
Roget 826: like patience on a monument smiling at grief" [Twelfth Night]; aequo animo [Lat.], in cold blood etc. 823; more in sorrow than in anger.
Roget 823: insensibly etc. adj.; aequo animo [Lat.]; without being moved, without being touched, without being impressed; in cold blood; with dry eyes, with withers unwrung†.
Roget 620: intentionally etc. adj.; advisedly, wittingly, knowingly, designedly, purposely, on purpose, by design, studiously, pointedly; with intent ... show more
Roget 611: advisedly etc. adj.; with premeditation, deliberately, all things considered, with eyes open, in cold blood; intentionally etc. 620.
Moby thesaurus: advisedly, by design, calculatedly, cold-bloodedly, coldheartedly, coldly, consciously, contemplatedly, deadpan, deliberately, designedly, dispassionately, heartlessly, intentionally, knowingly, meditatedly, on purpose, pointedly, premeditatedly, purposefully ... show more.
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