blood synonyms

blood

n.

  1. Fluid in the mammalian circulatory system

    lifeblood, heart's blood, vital fluid, vital juices, gore, sanguine fluid, hemoglobin, plasma, serum.

  2. Lineage

    stock, ancestry, descent, line; see family 1.

bad blood

malice, rancor, feud; see anger, hatred 2.

have someone's blood on one's head <em>or</strong> hands

be blamable, be culpable, be responsible; see guilty 2.

in cold blood

  1. deliberately, intentionally, willfully, dispassionately; see deliberately.

  2. cruelly, heartlessly, ruthlessly; see brutally.

make one's blood boil

disturb, infuriate, agitate; see anger 1.

make one's blood run cold

terrify, horrify, scare; see frighten 1.

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