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as in murderous
eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing
The outlaw was bloody-minded in pursuit of vengeance against the authorities.
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as in irritable
chiefly British
having or showing a habitually bad temper
according to palace gossip, behind closed doors the prince was a bloody-minded bore
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Recent Examples of bloody-minded
But Tim Spiers has made the argument today for why Ronaldo, despite his bloody-minded ambition, is a detrimental presence in the Portuguese line-up and the evidence is compelling.
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Phil Hay, The Athletic, 4 July 2024
The International Olympic Committee has functioned as financier and enabler of autocrats with world-destructive designs as bloody-minded as any historical tyrant.
—Sally Jenkins, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
Marisa Abela portrays the late singer in her ascendancy from a plucky teenager to a troubled icon of jazz and pop; the trailer focuses on her bloody-minded approach to her career, and the friends, family, and other figures who were beside her along the way.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 2 Feb. 2024
Phil Hay, The Athletic, 4 July 2024
The International Olympic Committee has functioned as financier and enabler of autocrats with world-destructive designs as bloody-minded as any historical tyrant.
—Sally Jenkins, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
Marisa Abela portrays the late singer in her ascendancy from a plucky teenager to a troubled icon of jazz and pop; the trailer focuses on her bloody-minded approach to her career, and the friends, family, and other figures who were beside her along the way.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 2 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloody-minded
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The new Haunted Mansion attic bride will be surrounded by portraits of past grooms who gradually vanish — leaving the reasons for their departure more to the imagination instead of her murderous intentions.—
Brady MacDonald,
Orange County Register,
18 Jan. 2025
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Holding an axe, she was portrayed as a murderous, wealth-seeking seductress who had beheaded her husbands, evident by their heads disappearing from the wedding portraits scattered around the attic.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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By the end, Liverpool’s players seemed tired and Klopp was irritable, clearly in need of a rest.—
Simon Hughes,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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The trio’s sixth record is charmingly irritable in both of its moods: hopped up on fluffy coffee while cracking baseball jokes, or dragging out downbeats and lamenting power structures to goad listeners with mounting anticipation.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
4 Dec. 2024
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As a result, Black individuals were beaten at random by angry mobs throughout the nation’s capital, including outside of the White House, according to BlackPast, which reported police didn’t intervene.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
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The return of Donald Trump is readily evident today with reporters once again waking up to an angry presidential social media post, this time over a moment that went viral.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
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After watching in terror as a man violently attacked a police officer in an El Cajon fast-food restaurant, Iesha Booker checked for a pulse on the bloody, unconscious officer and yelled into the radio on his belt.—
Karen Kucher,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
19 July 2017
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Photos of the man in a hospital bed with a bloody mouth were also posted.—
Jonece Starr Dunigan,
AL.com,
14 July 2017
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Sunrise on the Reaping will follow a young Haymitch, who later becomes the cantankerous mentor of District 12’s famous tributes.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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During his first term, Mr. Trump functioned less as a coach calling plays and more as a cantankerous owner demanding that his team throw out the entire playbook in the fourth quarter.—
Catie Edmondson,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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Many excellent and capable people from rural areas were lost to this brutal movement, leading to a generational impact on China's progress.—
John Ruwitch,
NPR,
24 Jan. 2025
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Related article Japan’s leader demands answers from China over schoolboy’s fatal stabbing The sentiment is rooted in bitter memories of Japan’s invasion and brutal occupation in the 1930s and 1940s and fueled by present-day territorial disputes.—
Chris Lau,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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The offensive line, in Monken’s estimation, is the most talented and possibly most ornery unit he’s had at West Point, all the way down to wrestling each other to settle arguments about who’s tougher.—
Brian Hamilton,
The Athletic,
21 Nov. 2024
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They’re led by John Dutton III, an ornery character who nevertheless carries the kind of gravitas that only a veteran movie star like Kevin Costner can bring.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
18 Nov. 2024
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The 2023 grand marshal is former Arizona Democratic congresswoman Gabby Giffords, gravely wounded in a savage mass shooting in 2011 that also killed six people.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Dec. 2022
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As savage Arctic cold was getting ready to surge south across North America, vivid imagery based on data from weather models showed us what was going to happen.—
Tom Yulsman,
Discover Magazine,
27 Dec. 2022
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