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red-blooded

[red-bluhd-id] / ˈrɛdˈblʌd ɪd /
ADJECTIVE
healthy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
active athletic fresh healthful hearty lively normal robust strong tough vigorous
WEAK
able-bodied all right blooming bright-eyed bushy-tailed chipper firm fit flourishing full of life hale hardy husky in fine feather in fine fettle in good shape in the pink lusty muscular physically fit potent restored rosy-cheeked safe and sound sound stout sturdy trim unimpaired virile well whole
Antonyms
STRONGEST
apathetic delicate feeble gentle idle inactive infirm kind lazy lethargic lifeless soft unhealthy weak
WEAK
delicated diseased fragile ill indisposed poor sick sickly worn
ADJECTIVE
vigorous
Synonyms
STRONGEST
active brisk dynamic effective efficient forceful healthy intense lively persuasive potent robust spirited strenuous strong tough vital zealous
WEAK
athletic ball of fire bouncing dashing driving enterprising exuberant flourishing forcible hale hard-driving hardy hearty lusty mettlesome peppy rugged snappy sound spanking steamroller strapping strong as an ox sturdy take-charge takeover zippy
Antonyms
STRONGEST
apathetic delicate dispirited dull easy facile feeble fragile helpless impotent inactive incapable indifferent ineffective infirm lazy lethargic mild moderate sluggish soft unenthusiastic unhealthy weak
WEAK
enervated idle
ADJECTIVE
virile
Synonyms
STRONGEST
macho manful manly masculine
WEAK
driving energetic forceful generative lusty potent powerful procreative reproductive robust sound strong vigorous vital
Antonyms
WEAK
effeminate impotent unmanly
ADJECTIVE
lusty
Synonyms
STRONGEST
hearty robust
WEAK
brawny dynamic hale potent powerful rugged stalwart stout strapping strenuous strong sturdy tough vigorous vital
Antonyms
STRONGEST
unhealthy weak
WEAK
lethargic unenergetic

Example Sentences

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As a red-blooded, flag-waving, apple-pie-consuming American, I am feeling so grateful for “Dying for Sex,” easily the best show of the year, along with “The Lowdown,” “Untamed” and a handful of others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

But red is so much more, and has been since the dawn of red-blooded humankind and their big brains.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024

Endgame is a much less red-blooded piece of writing.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2023

But it’s also an object lesson in the red-blooded capitalistic behavior we should expect from any profit-seeking entity, no matter how it dresses itself up.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2023

If you take a bunch of practically grown, red-blooded daughters to Africa, don’t you think at least some of them are going to marry or what have you, and end up staying?

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver