bloody-minded
adjective
- bloodthirsty; cruel
- tending to be perverse or obstructive
See bloody-minded in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(blŭdˈē-mīnˌdĭd)
adjective- Ready and willing to accept bloodshed or to resort to violence: “forging alliances with bloody-minded tyrants” (Lewis H. Lapham).
- Chiefly British Perversely cantankerous: “The . . . unions . . . have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders” (Spectator).
Related Forms:
- bloodˈy-mindˈed·ness noun
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