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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

showing an inclination towards violence and blood-thirstiness/bloodshed;

e.g. He is bloody-minded and he has a short temper, so he gets into fights often.

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Similar Words

Acid

Bearish

Bilious

Bloodthirsty

Bloody

Cantankerous

Disagreeable

Homicidal

Ill-humored

Ill-natured

Ill-tempered

Murderous

Ornery

Retentive

Sanguinary

Sanguine

Splenetic

Surly

Tempered

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Opposite Words

Affable

Agreeable

Amiable

Amicable

Benevolent

Benign

Benignant

Bubbly

Calm

Cheerful

Cheery

Clement

Compassionate

Conciliatory

Congenial

Content

Disarming

Effervescent

Exuberant

Friendly

Gentle

Glad

Good-hearted

Happy

High-spirited

Humane

Joyful

Kind

Kindhearted

Kindly

Lenient

Lighthearted

Lively

Long-suffering

Merciful

Pacific

Patient

Peaceable

Peaceful

Placid

Pleasant

Serene

Submissive

Sweet

Sympathetic

Tender

Tenderhearted

Tolerant

Unaggressive

Unassertive

Vivacious

Warm

Warmhearted

Yielding

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Related Words

Adamant

Aggressive

Anal

Angry

Antagonistic

Argumentative

Assertive

Barbaric

Barbarous

Bellicose

Belligerent

Brutal

Choleric

Cold-blooded

Combative

Contentious

Contrary

Crabby

Cranky

Crotchety

Cruel

Deaf

Depressed

Despiteful

Discordant

Dour

Exasperated

Fell

Ferocious

Fierce

Fussy

Glum

Gory

Grim

Grouchy

Grumpy

Hard

Hateful

Heartless

Hostile

Indignant

Inhumane

Intransigent

Irascible

Irate

Irritable

Mad

Malevolent

Malicious

Malign

Malignant

Mean

Merciless

Morose

Obdurate

Obstinate

Peevish

Peppery

Pertinacious

Perverse

Petulant

Pitiless

Pugnacious

Quarrelsome

Querulous

Quick-tempered

Ruthless

Sadistic

Savage

Short-tempered

Snappish

Snippy

Spiteful

Stubborn

Sullen

Testy

Touchy

Truculent

Unbending

Unyielding

Upset

Uptight

Vicious

Violent

Wanton

Willful

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