bloody-minded
Americanadjective
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disposed to violence or bloodshed; bloodthirsty; sanguinary.
bloody-minded anarchists.
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Chiefly British. unreasonably stubborn or cantankerous.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of bloody-minded
First recorded in 1575–85
Example Sentences
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The concern is that DHS will oppose Mr. Guan’s claim in a bloody-minded attempt to punish his illegal entry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
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".
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2024
The bloody-minded Sawtelle council refused to recognize the vote and stubbornly held pointless meetings, until Sawtelle took another vote, in 1922, to confirm the first.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2021
No matter the name on the jersey, there is a tendency for self-destruction and, at times, for sheer, bloody-minded stupidity encoded deep in the DNA of the club.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2019
“History does not spare the memory of that bloody-minded monarch, Sunbeam, but it is absolutely silent on the deed you have just named—at least so far as my reading of it goes.”
From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram
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