Meanings
comparative more bloody-minded · superlative most bloody-minded
- Eager for or wanting blood; on the verge of becoming violent.
He thin swore what he wouldn't do to him iv he didn't show him whare his money was. Tom luked so wicked, an' so bloody-minded, that the little man was quite frightened. "So," sez he, "come along wid me a couple o' fields aff, an' I'll show ye a crock o' gould."
1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 375
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveObstinate; stubborn.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivestubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate
adjectivemarked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish jääräpäinen, itsepäinen
- jääräpäinenobstinate, stubborn
- itsepäinenobstinate, stubborn
- töykeäobstinate, stubborn
French de mauvaise foi
- de mauvaise foiobstinate, stubborn
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