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bloody-minded
[ bluhd-ee-mahyn-did ]
adjective
- disposed to violence or bloodshed; bloodthirsty; sanguinary:
bloody-minded anarchists.
- Chiefly British. unreasonably stubborn or cantankerous.
bloody-minded
adjective
- informal.deliberately obstructive and unhelpful
Derived Forms
- ˌbloody-ˈmindedly, adverb
- ˌbloody-ˈmindedness, noun
Other Words From
- bloody-minded·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of bloody-minded1
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".
After a bloody-minded, blooded-brow win over Argentina in Marseille, England are on the up on the pitch.
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.
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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