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Definition: In Cold Blood |
In Cold BloodAdverb1. In a cold-blooded manner; "he cold-bloodedly planned the murder of his boss". 2. In a cold unemotional manner; "he killed her in cold blood". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: In Cold BloodSynonyms: cold-bloodedly (adv), coldly (adv), without emotion (adv). (additional references) |
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The 1967 film was based on the novel. It was adapted and directed by Richard Brooks. Portions were actually filmed on location, particularly the Clutter residence, where the murders were committed. The film stars Robert Blake and John Forsythe.
The 1996 television movie was also based on the novel. It stars Anthony Edwards, Eric Roberts, and Sam Niell. Both the movie and the TV movie are faithful to the novel.
In Cold Blood is also a graphical Adventure game for the Playstation and PC created by Revolution Software in 2000.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "In Cold Blood."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Excitability | Adverb: "like patience on a monument smiling at grief"; aequo animo, in cold blood; more in sorrow than in anger. |
Insensibility | Adverb: insensibly; Adjective: aequo animo; without being moved, without being touched, without being impressed; in cold blood; with dry eyes, with withers unwrung. |
Intention | Adverb: intentionally; Adjective: advisedly, wittingly, knowingly, designedly, purposely, on purpose, by design, studiously, pointedly; with intent; Noun: deliberately; (with premeditation); with one's eyes open, in cold blood. |
Predetermination | Adverb: advisedly; Adjective: with premeditation, deliberately, all things considered, with eyes open, in cold blood; intentionally. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: In Cold Blood |
| English words defined with "in cold blood": shoot-down. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "in cold blood": Scullabogue Massacre ♦ Wexford Bridge Massacre. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I'm not killing anybody in cold blood. (Funeral in Berlin; writing credit: Len Deighton; Evan Jones) Well, but to go out in cold blood and deliberately marry somebody for money, that's no good. (Hands Across the Table; writing credit: Via Delmar; Norman Krasna) You wouldn't kill me in cold blood, would ya? (White Heat; writing credit: Virginia Kellogg; Ivan Goff) | |
Movie/TV Titles | In Cold Blood (1967) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | He has violated, in cold blood, the sanctity of a human heart. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Translations for "in cold blood"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | me gjakftohtësi (placidly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | chladnokrevnì (calmly, coolly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kylmäverisesti (coolly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kaltblütig (calm, cold blooded, coldblooded, cold-headed, cool). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εν ψυχρώ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szemrebbenés nélkül (without a wink of the eyelid), hidegvérrel (calmly, imperturbably). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | dy feayr-chooishagh (unemotionally). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inay oldcay oodblay cu sânge rece (calm, cold blooded, collected, cool). (various references) хладнокровно (calmly), обдуманно (advisedly, deliberately, studiedly). (various references) soğukkanlılıkla (coldly, philosophically), gözünü kırpmadan (unblinkingly), acımasızca (atrocious, coldheartedly, hardly, insensibly, mercilessly, unmercifully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-d-d-i-l-l-n-o-o-o" | |
-2 letters: coldblood, collodion. | |
-3 letters: diobolon. | |
-4 letters: colloid. | |
-5 letters: billon, codlin, colobi, coloni, conoid, diobol, doblon. | |
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