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

Derived Forms

• ˌbloody-ˈmindedly, adverb
• ˌbloody-ˈmindedness, noun

Other Words From

• bloody-minded·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bloody-minded¹

First recorded in 1575–85

Example Sentences

On the other side an enraged, radicalized and increasingly sectarian and bloody-minded Islamist opposition.

From The Daily Beast

In the name of all the kings of Albin, who have ye closeted with you in that wooden tower that seemeth so bloody-minded?

From Project Gutenberg

But Newark Castle has better claims to notice than as the dungeon of one of those old bloody-minded prelates.

From Project Gutenberg

This Mr. Thomson seems to me a gentleman of some choice qualities, though perhaps a trifle bloody-minded.

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The old fellow cursed me roundly for an obstinate, bloody-minded young fool.

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The watchwords of the bloody-minded in that region, and in those days, were, "Damn the abolitionists!"

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