bloody-minded

American  

[bluhd-ee-mahyn-did] / ˈblʌd iˈmaɪn dɪd /

adjective

1. disposed to violence or bloodshed; bloodthirsty; sanguinary.

   bloody-minded anarchists.

2. Chiefly British.  unreasonably stubborn or cantankerous.

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bloody-minded British  

adjective

1. informal  deliberately obstructive and unhelpful

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Other Word Forms

• bloody-mindedly adverb
• bloody-mindedness noun

Etymology

Origin of bloody-minded

First recorded in 1575–85

Example Sentences

"They are just bloody-minded," the envoy said, and pointed to Ukraine's long history of withstanding hardship.

From BBC

Yet the Democrats are bloody-minded after the routs in Virginia and New Jersey this week, and think they have fresh leverage to extort Republicans to bail out the Affordable Care Act.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

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

From BBC

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

From New York Times