bloody-minded

[ bluhd-ee-mahyn-did ]

/ ˈblʌd iˈmaɪn dɪd /

disposed to violence or bloodshed; bloodthirsty; sanguinary: bloody-minded anarchists.

Chiefly British. unreasonably stubborn or cantankerous.

Origin of bloody-minded

First recorded in 1575–85

blood·y-mind·ed·ness, noun

On the other side an enraged, radicalized and increasingly sectarian and bloody-minded Islamist opposition.

Thy Hand, Great Anarch! |Hussein Ibish |August 14, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
He was the life of the ship, the bloody-minded son of the Inquisition!

The Innocents Abroad |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Whenever this is the case, he must be considered dangerous and bloody-minded, for in all probability he is meditating a call.

The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 |Various
Turning against your own poor father, to set them bloody-minded soldiers on him!

The Carbonels |Charlotte M. Yonge

"I have it," said I, as a bloody-minded suggestion shot through my brain.

Tales Of The Trains |Charles James Lever
In the name of all the kings of Albin, who have ye closeted with you in that wooden tower that seemeth so bloody-minded?

The Pathfinder |James Fenimore Cooper

bloody-minded

British informal deliberately obstructive and unhelpful

bloody-mindedness, noun bloody-mindedly, adverb