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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
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Derived Forms

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  • ËŒ²ú±ô´Ç´Ç»å²â-ˈ³¾¾±²Ô»å±ð»å²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²ú±ô´Ç´Ç»åy-³¾¾±²Ô»åĻå·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bloody-minded1

First recorded in 1575–85
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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".

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

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

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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.

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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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