bloodless

Other forms of bloodless

comparative

bloodlesser·

superlative

bloodlessest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bloodless

What does bloodless mean?

bloodless means "destitute of blood or apparently so". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bloodless?

bloodless has 2 syllables: blood-less. The stress falls on "blood". In IPA it is /ˈblʌdləs/.

What is another word for bloodless?

Close synonyms include exsanguine, exsanguinous, ashen, blanched, livid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of bloodless?

The recorded antonyms are bloody.

Is bloodless a common word?

bloodless is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.