Chiefly British informal for someone who is deliberately uncooperative or obstinate for its own sake. The older literal sense of being inclined toward bloodshed still exists but is far less common; in everyday British speech the word almost exclusively conveys wilful awkwardness and contrarianism.
He was being completely bloody-minded about the seating plan, rejecting every suggestion just to cause trouble.
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for or wanting blood.
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(chiefly, UK, informal) ; stubborn.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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