cold blood

noun

A state of mild or low emotions, previously understood as a condition whereby the blood has not been appreciably heated by emotional intensity.

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Meanings

nouncold blood (uncountable)
  1. uncountableobsolete outside the phrase in cold bloodA state of mild or low emotions, previously understood as a condition whereby the blood has not been appreciably heated by emotional intensity.

    Farwell faint-hearted and degenerate King, / In whose cold blood no sparke of Honor bides.

    c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]
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APA

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MLA

“cold blood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cold%20blood. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cold blood,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cold%20blood.

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