Bloody-minded (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The employee's refusal to help his coworkers despite knowing it was slowing down the entire team made him appear bloody-minded to management.
- Opponents have labelled the governor as bloody-minded in his attempts to privatize state-funded hospitals despite the heavy criticism and concern for low-income residents.
- Politicians frequently employed PR and psychological tools against members that behaved too obstreperously by stating he /she have simply behaved rather ‘bloody-minded.’
- Regardless of every type of investigation with certain culminations & resulting options remaining negative but fruitful other equally proven scientists cannot resolve rather dismiss from theories now since can know may accept every real science principle still bloody-minded scientists would always persist in clinging on hard one time to single choice.
- Local retailers had accepted the idea of opening on Sundays years ago, but one store continued to refuse, earning it a reputation for being bloody-minded in its opposition.
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Meaning 2
Marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed; "bloody-minded tyrants"; "bloodthirsty yells"; "went after the collaborators with a sanguinary fury that drenched the land with blood"-G.W.Johnson.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The regime was characterized as bloody-minded and was widely criticized for its violent crackdown on protesters.
- In a desperate attempt to maintain control, the leader unleashed his bloody-minded military forces on the defenseless population.
- Some have portrayed him as a power-hungry, bloody-minded warlord, feared by all who know him.
- Activists accuse the corrupt officials of being bloody-minded, disregarding the law and indulging in excessive force against opponents.
- It is now understood that this administration, seemingly a progressive voice at the beginning, became so incredibly incompetent, insufferably manipulative and pathologically bloody-minded over the subsequent few months that in spite of immense damage being obvious.