bloody-mindedness
noun[U]
UKuk/ˌblʌd.iˈmaɪn.dɪd.nəs/us/ˌblʌd.iˈmaɪn.dɪd.nəs/thebehaviourof someone who is verydeterminedand makes thingsdifficultforothers, often byopposingtheirviewsfor no goodreason:
He waslosingpatiencewith her bloody-mindedness.
Ourneighbourrefusedtochopdown thetreeout ofsheerbloody-mindedness.
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bloody-minded
- His bloody-mindednessmeantthat he was never going to be ateamplayer.
- She doesn'tcarewhat anyonethinksand hersuccessisdueto hersheerbloody-mindedness.
- Amixtureofcourageand bloody-mindedness hascarriedhim to thispoint.
Strength of will and determination
- aggressiveness
- bitter
- character
- character-building
- dead
- determination
- doggedness
- double
- fight
- intransigence
- inveteracy
- mettle
- militancy
- obstinacy
- resolution
- resolve
- single-mindedness
- stamina
- staying power
- stick-to-it-iveness