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
Many people initially suspected that Rittenhouse was drawn to Kenosha by Kevin Mathewson’s Facebook post and the many bloody-minded comment threads trailing behind it.
From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2021
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
Nor would John Clare have written affectionately about him had he been entirely bloody-minded.
From The Pleasures of Ignorance by Lynd, Robert
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