exsanguinous

1. 1.

   destitute of blood or apparently so

   “the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold”

   Synonymsbloodlessexsanguine

   Similardead

Questions about exsanguinous

What does exsanguinous mean?

exsanguinous means "destitute of blood or apparently so".

How many syllables are in exsanguinous?

exsanguinous has 5 syllables: ex-san-gu-i-nous. The stress falls on "gu".

What is another word for exsanguinous?

Close synonyms include bloodless, exsanguine. 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.

Is exsanguinous a common word?

exsanguinous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.