He wouldn't get out of the way. He was just being bloody-minded. He could easily have let the car pass.
Maintain a balance between determination and what can amount to bloody-mindedness.
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bloody-minded — adj deliberately making things difficult for other people →↑awkward ▪ Stop being so bloody minded! >bloody mindedness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
bloody-minded — bloody mindedness, n. /blud ee muyn did/, adj. 1. disposed to violence or bloodshed; bloodthirsty; sanguinary: bloody minded anarchists. 2. Chiefly Brit. unreasonably stubborn or cantankerous. [1575 85] * * * … Universalium
bloody-minded — adjective BRITISH INFORMAL deliberately refusing to accept that you are not completely right about something, in a way that is not helpful to other people and annoys them ╾ ,bloody mindedness noun uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Bloody-minded — Blood y mind ed, a. Having a cruel, ferocious disposition; bloodthirsty. Dryden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bloody-minded — ► ADJECTIVE Brit. informal ▪ deliberately uncooperative … English terms dictionary
bloody-minded — [blud′ēmīn΄did] adj. Chiefly Brit. 1. bloodthirsty; cruel 2. tending to be perverse or obstructive … English World dictionary
bloody-minded — adjective 1. stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate unions...have never been as bloody minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders Spectator • Syn: ↑cantankerous • Similar to: ↑stubborn, ↑obstinate, ↑unregenerate … Useful english dictionary
bloody minded — Meaning Origin From Shakespeare s King Henry VI SUFFOLK: Thy name affrights me, in whose sound is death. A cunning man did calculate my birth And told me that by water I should die: Yet let not this make thee be bloody minded; Thy name is… … Meaning and origin of phrases
bloody minded — British & Australian, informal someone who is bloody minded makes difficulties for other people, usually by arguing against their actions or ideas without a good reason. There s no reason why we shouldn t do aerobics in the squash court the… … New idioms dictionary
bloody-minded — adjective BrE informal deliberately making things difficult for other people: Stop being so bloody minded! bloody mindedly adverb bloody mindedness noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
