bloody-mindedness
Willful, spiteful stubbornness
Bloody-mindedness is a British term for stubborn, uncooperative behavior, especially when someone persists in a course of action mainly to be difficult or contrary.
A person showing bloody-mindedness refuses to yield or compromise, often out of sheer obstinacy rather than principle.
His bloody-mindedness about the seating arrangement nearly ruined the whole dinner.
The term carries connotations of perverseness—being difficult for its own sake.
Refusal to yield
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- pigheadednessStubborn refusal to yield
- bullheadednessStubborn persistence despite reason
- mulishnessUnyielding resistance to persuasion
obduracy · doggedness · inflexibility · willfulness · uncompromising · immovability · tenacity · pertinacity
Habitual disposition to oppose
- cussednessWillful obstinacy or spite
- waywardnessStubborn resistance to guidance
- ornerinessCantankerous, contrary disposition
- cantankerousnessIll-tempered, quarrelsome nature
recalcitrance · uncooperativeness · obstructiveness · refractoriness · unreasonableness · petulance · capriciousness · awkwardness
Intent to cause harm
- vindictivenessDisposition toward retaliation
- meannessSpiteful, unkind disposition
- nastinessSpiteful or foul quality
- viciousnessExtreme cruelty or spite
ill-will · malevolence · hostility · antagonism · resentment · pettiness · cruelty · hatefulness
stubbornness
Refusal to yield
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- pigheadednessStubborn refusal to yield
- bullheadednessStubborn persistence despite reason
mulishness · obduracy · doggedness · inflexibility · willfulness · uncompromising · immovability · tenacity · pertinacity · single-mindedness
contrariness
Habitual disposition to oppose
- cussednessWillful obstinacy or spite
- waywardnessStubborn resistance to guidance
- ornerinessCantankerous, contrary disposition
cantankerousness · recalcitrance · uncooperativeness · obstructiveness · refractoriness · unreasonableness · petulance · capriciousness · awkwardness · willful
malice
Intent to cause harm
- vindictivenessDisposition toward retaliation
- meannessSpiteful, unkind disposition
- nastinessSpiteful or foul quality
viciousness · ill-will · malevolence · hostility · antagonism · resentment · pettiness · cruelty · hatefulness · vengefulness
- ___-mindedness wordsopen-mindedness, closed-mindedness, narrow-mindedness, broad-mindedness, like-mindedness
- stubbornnessstubbornness, obstinacy, pigheadedness, bullheadedness, mulishness
bloody-mindednesscooperativeness
Inclination to work jointly
compliance · obligingness · pliability · willingness · amenability
bloody-mindednessreasonableness
Quality of being fair-minded
rationality · open-mindedness · sensibleness · level-headedness · fair-mindedness
bloody-mindednessagreeableness
Pleasant, cooperative nature
amiability · good nature · easygoingness · complaisance · affability
bloody, mind, blood, minds, minded, mindful, mindless, mindfully, mindlessly