bloody-mindedness

bloody-mindedness
bloody-mindedness
tr[blʌdɪ'maɪndɪdnəs]
noun
1 (bad temper) mal genio
2 (stubbornness) terquedad nombre femenino
'blʌdi'maɪndədnəs, ˌblʌdi'maɪndɪdnɪs
mass noun (esp BrE colloq) empecinamiento m

he did it out of sheer bloody-mindedness — lo hizo sólo para fastidiar

['blʌdɪ'maɪndɪdnɪs]
(Brit) N
1) (=stubbornness) terquedad f , empecinamiento m
2) (=awkwardness)

it's just bloody-mindedness on his part — son ganas de fastidiar or de ser atravesado

he did it out of sheer bloody-mindedness — lo hizo sólo para fastidiar

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['blʌdi'maɪndədnəs, ˌblʌdi'maɪndɪdnɪs]
mass noun (esp BrE colloq) empecinamiento m

he did it out of sheer bloody-mindedness — lo hizo sólo para fastidiar


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  • bloody-mindedness — noun see bloody minded …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • bloody-mindedness — See bloody minded. * * * …   Universalium

  • bloody-mindedness — noun The state or quality of being bloody minded …   Wiktionary

  • bloody-mindedness — See: bloody minded …   English dictionary

  • bloody-mindedness — noun see bloody minded …   Useful english dictionary

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  • 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 — ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you say that someone is being bloody minded, you are showing that you disapprove of their behaviour because you think they are being deliberately difficult instead of being helpful. [BRIT, INFORMAL] He wouldn t get out …   English dictionary

  • bloody — adj., adv., & v. adj. (bloodier, bloodiest) 1 a of or like blood. b running or smeared with blood (bloody bandage). 2 a involving, loving, or resulting from bloodshed (bloody battle). b sanguinary; cruel (bloody butcher). 3 coarse sl. expressing… …   Useful english 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

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