bloody-mindedness

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blood·y-mind·ed

(blŭd′ē-mīn′dĭd)

adj.

1. Ready and willing to accept bloodshed or to resort to violence: a bloody-minded dictator.

2. Chiefly British Perversely cantankerous or obstructive.

blood′y-mind′ed·ness n.

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Translations

bloody-mindedness

[ˈblʌdɪˈmaɪndɪdnɪs] (Brit) N

1. (= stubbornness) → terquedad f, empecinamiento m

2. (= awkwardness) it's just bloody-mindedness on his part → son ganas de fastidiar or de ser atravesado
he did it out of sheer bloody-mindedness → lo hizo sólo para fastidiar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bloody-mindedness

[ˌblʌdɪˈmaɪndɪdnɪs] n (Brit) (fam) → ostinazione f

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"It would have been better if I had called him out and shot him a year ago," said Sir James, not from bloody-mindedness, but because he needed something strong to say.

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Unfortunately, our ruling class is already dominated by a liberal elite trying to pursue the 'Superstate' dream on the EU's behalf and, in doing so, they are ignoring the existing culture outside of their tight-knit groupings - a culture of individualism, self-reliance, entrepreneurship and sheer bloody-mindedness as to the Greatest Britain that we live in!

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However, Indian intransigence and bloody-mindedness risks the possibility of hawks in Pakistan demanding a response to India.

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Nobody knows if he can play three games in a row - even he doesn't know." Loftus-Cheek for his part said he would be putting the match-ball in a glass display case and and hoping his sheer bloody-mindedness in staying put will finally pay off.

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CONGRATULATIONS to Football365's Mediwatch for having the time, the patience and the sheer bloody-mindedness to track Sky pundit Paul Merson's Everton revelry.

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Call it spirit, mental strength or sheer bloody-mindedness. Call it winning.

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It was only the courage, tenacity and sheer bloody-mindedness of the then Lib Dem care minister Norman Lamb that launched the devastating study by Bishop James Jones published last week.

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The large plan is of course Amanda Stavely and her backers and, while bureaucracy and negotiating bloody-mindedness will delay any official handing over of the keys until late January at best, both parties must realise the need to spend in the window - the manager and supporters certainly do.

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I've also tried to find a bit of his bloody-mindedness by making my voice bigger and not moving my top lip much."

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also tried to find a bit of bloody-mindedness by my voice bigger and not moving my top lip much." 2what role do want ME TO PLAY?

You're smarter for10; MARION MCMULLEN looks at acting stars who've played political heavyweights as Michael Gambon appears as Sir Winston Churchill in a new TV drama

Although in developing countries the cause of accidents is most often ignorance, in the UK it is more commonly sheer bloody-mindedness --and this attitude is still unacceptably common.