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Meaning of "bloody-mindedness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BLOODY-MINDEDNESS

bloody-mindedness  [ˌblʌdɪˈmaɪndɪdnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLOODY-MINDEDNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bloody-Mindedness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BLOODY-MINDEDNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bloody-mindedness in the English dictionary

The definition of bloody-mindedness in the dictionary is perversity; doggedly obstructive and unhelpful behaviour.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BLOODY-MINDEDNESS


backhandedness
ˌbækˈhændɪdnəs
boundedness
ˈbaʊndɪdnəs
broad-mindedness
ˌbrɔːdˈmaɪndɪdnəs
fair-mindedness
ˌfɛəˈmaɪndɪdnəs
feeble-mindedness
ˌfiːbəlˈmaɪndɪdnəs
forehandedness
ˌfɔːˈhændɪdnəs
heavy-handedness
ˌhevɪˈhændɪdnəs
high-handedness
ˌhaɪˈhændɪdnəs
high-mindedness
ˌhaɪˈmaɪndɪdnəs
left-handedness
ˌlɛftˈhændɪdnəs
like-mindedness
ˌlaɪkˈmaɪndɪdnəs
open-handedness
ˌəʊpənˈhændɪdnəs
right-handedness
ˌraɪtˈhændɪdnəs
roundedness
ˈraʊndɪdnəs
simple-mindedness
ˌsɪmpəlˈmaɪndɪdnəs
splendidness
ˈsplɛndɪdnəs
strandedness
ˈstrændɪdnəs
unboundedness
ʌnˈbaʊndɪdnəs
underhandedness
ˌʌndəˈhændɪdnəs
weak-mindedness
ˌwiːkˈmaɪndɪdnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLOODY-MINDEDNESS

bloodstained
bloodstock
bloodstock industry
bloodstone
bloodstream
bloodsucker
bloodthirstier
bloodthirstiest
bloodthirstily
bloodthirstiness
bloodthirsty
bloodwood
bloodworm
bloodwort
bloody
Bloody Caesar
Bloody Mary
bloody-minded
bloody-mindedly
bloody-nosed beetle

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLOODY-MINDEDNESS

awkwardness
baldness
blindness
boldness
business
fondness
goodness
hardness
indebtedness
kindness
loudness
madness
mindedness
oddness
preparedness
redness
sadness
soundness
tiredness
weirdness
wickedness

Synonyms and antonyms of bloody-mindedness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bloody-mindedness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLOODY-MINDEDNESS

Find out the translation of bloody-mindedness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bloody-mindedness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bloody-mindedness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

血腥的胸襟
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

empecinamiento
570 millions of speakers

English

bloody-mindedness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खूनी उदारता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الدامي الأفق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кровавый кругозор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bloody- mente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রক্তাক্ত মানসিকতার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sanglante esprit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemikiran berdarah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sturheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

流血た心
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

피 묻은 마인드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Getih-pikiran
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đẫm máu cởi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரத்தம் தோய்ந்த மனதுடனான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रक्तरंजितपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kanlı kafalılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bloody- mentale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Krwawa umysłu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кривавий кругозір
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sângeroase de orizont
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αιματηρή πνεύμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bloedige -gees
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blodiga sinnelag
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fandenivoldskhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bloody-mindedness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLOODY-MINDEDNESS»

The term «bloody-mindedness» is normally little used and occupies the 147.746 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLOODY-MINDEDNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bloody-mindedness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bloody-mindedness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bloody-mindedness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLOODY-MINDEDNESS»

Discover the use of bloody-mindedness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bloody-mindedness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Essays in Trespassing: Economics to Politics and Beyond
and distribution of the social product. The result of this sort of sociological analysis of inflation is then to plead for a "new social contract" which would hopefully result in inhibiting and reducing "bloody-mindedness" all around.8 The observation ...
Albert O. Hirschman, 1981
2
Man and His Future
I have become more and more convinced, as I listened to these very liberal and very intelligent comments, that there is an enormous survival value in human bloody-mindedness. Even if we could make a chemical substance which increases ...
CIBA Foundation Symposium, 2009
3
The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis
Sus- picion persists that capital punishment,for all its justice and justification,is also a concession to human bloody-mindedness.That,after all,is the problem being addressed and accommodated. Human beings have shown themselves to be ...
Leon Kass, 2003
4
Problem People and how to Manage Them
Instead of blaming the bolshie person you could perceive their displays of bloody -mindedness as a helpful indication of the presence of a grievance that needs to be sorted out. Of course, you wish they had done the straightforward thing and ...
Peter Honey, 2002
5
Walking a Golden Mile
Generally someone who is either extremely angry or out of control. bloody- mindedness stubbornness; grit and determination, especially when things are against you. Almost always appears as “sheer bloody-mindedness” or “absolute  ...
William Regal, 2010
6
Nietzsche's Philosophy of Religion
It consists in backwards bloody-mindedness, in resistance to, rather than promotion of, change.1 What is interesting about this section is its indication that, contrary to the 'rabid individualist' interpretation, (a) the survival and thriving of a Volk ...
Julian Young, 2006
7
A complete practical treatise on criminal procedure, ...
But if any one out of wilfulness, wantonness >r bloody mindedness, shall kill a slave, ho or she shall, on conviction thereof, sufl'er three nonths imprisonment, without bail or mainprize, and also pay 50/. to the owner of Buch ilave;" "and if any ...
John Frederick Archbold, Sir John Jervis, William Newland Welsby, 1853
8
Granada Television--The First Generation
Bloody-mindedness. Chris. Kelly,. producer/presenter. In 1965 when Michael Parkinson left Granada, they were looking for a new producer/performer. I got the job. During the next five years I produced numerous local programmes, and wrote ...
John Finch, Michael Cox, Marjorie Giles, 2003
9
Quantum Buddhism : Dancing in Emptiness - Reality Revealed ...
But photons do not do this, they remain remarkably well behaved, despite their claimed 'bloody-mindedness,' they always conform to the same pattern in conformance to the situation they are subjected to. And yet Chown tells us that: The ...
graham smetham, 2010
10
Does Literary Studies Have a Future?
This resistance forces us to examine what we have perhaps repressed in ourselves — our own bloody-mindedness that revels in spectacles of mayhem or our distaste for most human encounters. (We encounter bloody-mindedness and  ...
Eugene Goodheart, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLOODY-MINDEDNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bloody-mindedness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The pain and passion of ultra marathon running
Only bloody-mindedness sustained me to Te Henga walkway, within 16km of the finish. Right about then, my foot, which had been nagging all ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
2
Ryan Harris - Battered, Bruised, but Never Broken
Through sheer willpower and bloody-mindedness, he managed to claim those wickets and with them the Test. The adage that Test Cricket is a ... «Sportskeeda, Jul 15»
3
Lleyton Hewitt bids farewell to Wimbledon after Nieminen loss
... Hewitt saved three match points – not by caution but through sheer nerve and bloody-mindedness. One of them involved a goalkeeper-type ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
4
Peter Kennaugh lands British road race title from close-at-hand Mark …
... tactical nous and sheer bloody-mindedness also spoke volumes. Up against three members of Team Sky in the finale – the bronze medallist ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
5
Andy Murray: 'For a while I wasn't enjoying tennis. Now, I love it'
In 2013 Andy Murray won Wimbledon with a back held together by painkillers and bloody-mindedness. This time, he says, he arrives in perfect ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
6
Captain Amazing sets the benchmark
He's already at the All Black apex in terms of quality performance, leadership, endurance, bloody-mindedness and good blokeness, sensible ... «New Zealand Herald, Jun 15»
7
Heroes and Mentors... Especially in Midlife
He taught me determination and bloody-mindedness. I think of him often and ask myself when in doubt, "What would Pa say?" Who do you look ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
8
The siren call of 'pure' Islam
There is, in fact, a widely held view that it is precisely this — IS's romantic vision of restoring Islam to its pristine “glory”, its bloody-mindedness, ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
9
David Cameron can learn from Greece's Alexis Tsipras' handling of EU
Yet time and again, through sheer bloody-mindedness, these troublemakers have managed to extort huge concessions from their supposedly ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
10
Review: Mother Courage and Her Children
In the end, you can't help but admire the woman's sheer bloody-mindedness to survive. There is good work from Paula Arundell as the wily ... «Gay News Network, Jun 15»

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