Meaning of in cold blood | Babel Free
Definitions
In a ruthless and unfeeling manner, particularly as applied to first-degree murder committed without provocation and with malice aforethought.
idiomatic
Equivalents
العربية
بِدَم بَارِد
Čeština
chladnokrevně
Deutsch
kaltblütig
Ελληνικά
εν ψυχρώ
Español
a sangre fría
Français
de sang froid
Bahasa Indonesia
berdarah dingin
Italiano
a sangue freddo
日本語
冷酷に
Polski
z zimną krwią
Português
a sangue frio
Русский
хладнокровно
Examples
“It was not a suicide! He was murdered in cold blood.”
“Police have arrested a suspect in the murder-robbery of a gold shop in Lop Buri two weeks ago, in which a young child and two adults were killed in cold blood.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.