bloody-minded meaning

Pronunciation:   "bloody-minded" in a sentence
Adjective: bloody-minded
Usage: Brit
  1. Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
    "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"
    - cantankerous 
  2. Marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed
    "bloody-minded tyrants"
    - bloodthirsty, sanguinary

See also: bloody, obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate

Examples

  1. everybody else accepts the decision . why must you be so bloody-minded?

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