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BLOODY-MINDED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bloody-minded mean?
• BLOODY-MINDED (adjective)
The adjective BLOODY-MINDED has 2 senses:
1. stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
2. marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed
Familiarity information: BLOODY-MINDED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
Synonyms:
bloody-minded; cantankerous
Context example:
unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders
Similar:
obstinate; stubborn; unregenerate (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed
Synonyms:
bloodthirsty; bloody-minded; sanguinary
Context example:
went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood
Similar:
bloody (having or covered with or accompanied by blood)
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