bloody-minded
adjective
disposed to violence or bloodshed; bloodthirsty; sanguinary.
bloody-mindedness
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a word derived from
bloody-minded.
Example Sentences
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Ultimately the blood the French thought they could sniff as during a second-half comeback turned out to be Anglo-Saxon bloody-mindedness.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
Not as naturally gifted as Sam Snead or Byron Nelson, Hogan rose to the top of the game through grit and sheer bloody-mindedness.
From Golf Digest ● Jul. 12, 2018
Iain Blackford surely deserves some kind of medal for sheer bloody-mindedness.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2018
But apart from greater resolve and bloody-mindedness, what will it take to get things on the right track?
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2015
This was done in no mere vulgar spirit of bravado, still less in abominable bloody-mindedness.
From The War With the United States : A Chronicle of 1812 by H. H. (Hugh Hornby) Langton
