cold-bloodedly
In merciless fashion
Cold-bloodedly means in a deliberate, unfeeling manner—without emotion or mercy.
The term comes from the old belief that passion heated the blood while calm cruelty left it cold.
Someone who kills cold-bloodedly does so with calculation rather than in the heat of anger: He cold-bloodedly executed the witnesses one by one.
Without pity or compassion
- pitilesslyWithout compassion or remorse
- heartlesslyWithout empathy or care
- cruellyIn a harsh, pitiless manner
- brutallyIn a cruel manner
viciously · savagely · remorselessly · unrelentingly · callously · mercilessly · inhumanly · barbarously
Without emotional involvement
- stoicallyWith unemotional endurance
- impassivelyWithout visible reaction
- detachedlyIn uninvolved manner
- indifferentlyWithout preference or concern
unfeelingly · coolly · calmly · emotionlessly · stonily · flatly · expressionlessly · lifelessly
Planned before acting
- methodicalOrganized and deliberate
- systematicallyIn organized, planned fashion
- strategicallyWith planned purpose
- deliberatelyDone with intention
purposefully · analytically · tactically · orchestrated · meticulously · cunningly · scheming · manipulatively
ruthlessly
Without pity or compassion
- pitilesslyWithout compassion or remorse
- heartlesslyWithout empathy or care
- cruellyIn a harsh, pitiless manner
brutally · viciously · savagely · remorselessly · unrelentingly · callously · mercilessly · inhumanly · barbarously · unfeelingly
dispassionately
Without emotional involvement
- stoicallyWith unemotional endurance
- impassivelyWithout visible reaction
- detachedlyIn uninvolved manner
indifferently · unfeelingly · coolly · calmly · emotionlessly · stonily · flatly · expressionlessly · lifelessly · woodenly
premeditated
Planned before acting
- methodicalOrganized and deliberate
- systematicallyIn organized, planned fashion
- strategicallyWith planned purpose
deliberately · purposefully · analytically · tactically · orchestrated · meticulously · cunningly · scheming · manipulatively · premeditatedly
cold-bloodedlypassionately
With intense emotion
emotionally · fervently · heatedly · ardently · warmly
cold-bloodedlycompassionately
With caring concern
mercifully · humanely · kindly · warm-heartedly · tenderly
cold-bloodedlyimpulsively
Without prior deliberation
in the heat of the moment · spontaneously · rashly · impetuously · reactively
cold, blood, bloody, coldness, coolness, colder, bloodless, cold-blooded, coldest