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bad blood
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bad blood

noun

Definition of BAD BLOOD

: ill feeling : bitterness
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Examples of BAD BLOOD

  1. There's been a lot of bad blood between them since their quarrel.
  2. <there's been bad blood between the two families for years>

First Known Use of BAD BLOOD

1825

Related to BAD BLOOD

Synonyms
animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, enmity, bitterness, gall, grudge, hostility, jaundice, rancor
Antonyms
amity

Rhymes with BAD BLOOD

at stud, blue blood, disbud, earbud, full-blood, half-blood, hotblood, leaf bud, lifeblood, new blood, oxblood, redbud, rosebud, shed blood, smell blood, sweat blood

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