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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This was a win built on Scotland's rearguard, a victory for grit and bloody-mindedness.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2025
The "single bloody-mindedness" of 300 people to travel from around the UK to help him is one of the reasons.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2022
I must admit that, even back then, as a huge Dexys fan, I regarded My Beauty more as a curio – I admired the sheer bloody-mindedness of it but found the arrangements a bit schmaltzy.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 21, 2020
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
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
