cold-bloodedness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold-bloodedness
Noun
  • Conversely, Colum, devastated by his disability, has a pension for cruelty.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 31 July 2025
  • Not to spoil anything, but the message is that the only cure for cruelty is not revenge, but decency.
    Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • For Malice and Push, bringing Williams into the fold tied together their worlds of spirituality and savagery.
    Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 21 July 2025
  • Margaret Thatcher says), diary excerpts, and tasteful, evocative sound design, a masterly sequence of the attack embodies the series’ unforgettable blend of elegance and savagery.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The cruelty and inhumanity of these actions have no match in American history.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025
  • The detention center in the Everglades is a new low in injustice and inhumanity for this country.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • As in Squid Game, dystopian drama often plays on the barbarity of entertainment, impossible promises of curing human weakness, and finds salvation in our best qualities: solidarity, compassion, and unity.
    Rory Doherty, Time, 27 June 2025
  • Enforcing immigration policy does not have to be inhumane, but the Trump administration is gloating in the very barbarity.
    Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • For Sarah, eros serves as a powerful conduit for the divine, but the divine is not without brutality nor chaos.
    Terry Nguyen July 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
  • President Donald Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, and their supporters are celebrating the brutality of the 3,000-bed detention facility that was hastily built in the Florida Everglades, one of the harshest natural environments in the United States.
    Time, Time, 17 July 2025
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“Cold-bloodedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold-bloodedness. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

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