bloody-minded

[ bluhd-ee-mahyn-did ]
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adjective

  1. disposed to violence or bloodshed; bloodthirsty; sanguinary: bloody-minded anarchists.

  2. Chiefly British. unreasonably stubborn or cantankerous.

Origin of bloody-minded

1
First recorded in 1575–85

Other words from bloody-minded

  • blood·y-mind·ed·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for bloody-minded

bloody-minded
adjective

  1. British informal deliberately obstructive and unhelpful

Derived forms of bloody-minded

  • bloody-mindedness, noun
  • bloody-mindedly, adverb

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