bloody-minded
bloody-minded adjective: eager for or wanting blood; on the verge of becoming violent.
Adjective
bloody-minded (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
- Obstinate; stubborn.
- Synonyms:
- adamant, ardent, grim, untiring, bent on, bullheaded, certain, chronic, confirmed, determined
bloody-minded meaning in Malayalam
bloody-minded in Malayalam
- disobliging, uncooperative, awkward
- മനഃപൂർവ്വം സഹകരിക്കാത്ത, സഹകരണമില്ലാത്ത, വിലക്ഷണസ്വഭാവിയായ, സഹായകസ്വഭാവമില്ലാത്ത, ഉപകാരംചെയ്യാത്ത, ഇടപെടാൻ വിഷമമായ
Synonyms of bloody-minded
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- diehard
- dogged
- hard-hearted
- hard-nosed
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- immovable
- incalcitrant
- inflexible
- insistent
- intractable
- intransigent
- intrepid
- inveterate
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- obstreperous
- peremptory
- persistent
- pertinacious
- pigheaded
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- resolute
- resolved
- rigid
- self-willed
- stalwart
- staunch
Forms of bloody-minded
| comparative | more bloody-minded |
|---|---|
| superlative | most bloody-minded |
Words formed from bloody-minded
Questions about bloody-minded
- What does bloody-minded mean?
- Bloody-minded means eager for or wanting blood; on the verge of becoming violent.
- What is bloody-minded in Malayalam?
- Bloody-minded in Malayalam is മനഃപൂർവ്വം സഹകരിക്കാത്ത, സഹകരണമില്ലാത്ത, വിലക്ഷണസ്വഭാവിയായ. See Bloody-minded meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is bloody-minded?
- Bloody-minded is an adjective.
Words near bloody-minded in the dictionary
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