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Recent Examples of bloody-mindedness
And that bloody-mindedness seems to be a bargaining strategy.
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Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
Stamp was a true original, a shapeshifter, a tough guy, and a charmer; one of the rare working-class British actors left who survived a childhood during the blitz and channeled bloody-mindedness, raw talent, and strong instincts.
—Christina Newland, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
Stamp was a true original, a shapeshifter, a tough guy, and a charmer; one of the rare working-class British actors left who survived a childhood during the blitz and channeled bloody-mindedness, raw talent, and strong instincts.
—Christina Newland, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloody-mindedness
Noun
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Some rigidity remains, and when the stimulation is turned off, the tremor returns within seconds.—
Ted Scouten,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
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So the researchers first stripped the wood of lignin, the component that gives it color and rigidity.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Apple’s always emerging — from a depressive fog, from some volcanic fugue, from recalcitrance, from fear, from disappointment, from being too inside herself.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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The singer for the latter band, Liam Gallagher, disavowed the Rock Hall when his band was previously twice nominated, but the nominating committee did not hold his recalcitrance against him this year.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The pseudo-goth hair and costume choices speak to an inner rebelliousness that isn’t so much unleashed as forced loose by a system that values the appearance of a mythical impartiality over her humanity, leaving her with little recourse but to step outside the confines of the law.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2026
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The natural obstinacy and rebelliousness of Israa’s teenage years are hyperaccelerated by culture clashes with both her family and the other kids around her.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But Bass and every council member and all their successors need to be reminded that a civic sense of intractability is a dangerous thing.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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Taken together, these examples point to the possibilities for dissolving intractability with hope and reversing cycles of hatred and revenge – often strengthened by one’s faith.—
The Christian Science Monitor,
Christian Science Monitor,
25 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Frankie wanted to rid himself of rigidness.—
Danielle Paquette The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
12 Apr. 2026
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Aristidou utilizes Danae, whose controlling dad suffocates her with his seemingly overbearing rigidness, as a counterpoint to the other extreme of fatherhood.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Bloody-mindedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloody-mindedness. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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