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bloody-minded

[ bluhd-ee-mahyn-did ]

adjective

  1. disposed to violence or bloodshed; bloodthirsty; sanguinary:

    bloody-minded anarchists.

  2. Chiefly British. unreasonably stubborn or cantankerous.


bloody-minded

adjective

  1. informal.
    deliberately obstructive and unhelpful
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌbloody-ˈmindedly, adverb
  • ˌbloody-ˈmindedness, noun
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Other Words From

  • bloody-minded·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bloody-minded1

First recorded in 1575–85
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Example Sentences

He says it had, in his eyes, "come to represent a particular type of bloody-minded person - usually with a degree of what we might call aggressive patriotism".

From BBC

After a bloody-minded, blooded-brow win over Argentina in Marseille, England are on the up on the pitch.

From BBC

Will the Duke of Gloucester be re-envisioned as a bloody-minded assassin like the bloody-minded Villanelle of “Killing Eve?”

This ruse played into Trump's cultivated image as some sort of peacenik, despite the fact that he is one of the most bloody-minded public figures in American history.

From Salon

In her hands, it’s not hard to imagine these songs as the creation of an especially gifted — if occasionally bloody-minded — indie singer-songwriter.

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