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adj
Eager for or wanting blood; on the verge of becoming violent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Obstinate; stubborn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, informal
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Synonyms: adamant, ardent, grim, bent on, bloody-minded, bullheaded, certain, chronic, confirmed, determined, diehard, dogged, hard-hearted, hard-nosed, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, incalcitrant, inflexible, irrefragable, insistent, intractable, intransigent, intrepid, inveterate, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, obstreperous, peevish, peremptory, persistent, pertinacious, pigheaded, recalcitrant, refractory, resolute, resolved, rigid, self-willed, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, steady, stubborn, stubborn as a mule, sullen, tenacious, terminal, thran, thwart, tough, truculent, unbending, uncompromising, unyielding, vehement, wilful, willful
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed-G.W.Johnson
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: bloodthirsty, sanguinary
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate- Spectator
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: cantankerous
Antonyms: none provided
History
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Across languages
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