PURE-BLOODED Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

pure-blooded

adjective

ˈpyu̇r-ˌblə-dəd

variants or pure-blood

Definition of pure-blooded

as in thoroughbred

of unmixed ancestry both dogs are pure-blooded Chesapeake Bay retrievers

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Recent Examples of pure-blooded The notion of breed really derives from the nineteenth century, from this Victorian-era idea of pure-blooded dogs that are all descended from the same foundational pair of dogs. — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2026 Charley Crockett is a pure-blooded Texan. — Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 24 Oct. 2025 Proving one’s status as a pure-blooded Aryan unlocked access to membership in the Nazi Party, to the military and state apparatus, to a university education. — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 20 July 2023

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Mark won the Met Mile at Belmont Park—a prestigious Grade 1 race, the highest level of thoroughbred competition—with the long-shot horse, and watching his brother succeed brought a rush of emotion.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
The statue of Ben Ali, a thoroughbred stallion who won the race at Churchill Downs in 1886, was reported stolen Wednesday, the Sacramento Police Department said in a press release.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

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Adjective

Her struggles with mental illness, which led to a long hospitalization and visits to her home by the NYPD, led to the cold-blooded killing that rattled the entire neighborhood.

— Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 17 Oct. 2026
When the third act slows down to dramatize the hours of Altman’s ouster from OpenAI, Guadagnino has almost no way of generating the sort of ice-blooded intrigue that runs in Fincher’s veins.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026

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