bad blood

noun

: ill feeling : bitterness

Examples of bad blood in a Sentence

There's been a lot of bad blood between them since their quarrel. there's been bad blood between the two families for years
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The two players appeared to grab each other’s facemasks before their bad blood boiled over. Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 Nov. 2025 While some listeners hypothesized that the new single was about Madden, Richie's post proved there was no bad blood. Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025 In the end, all of the talk of bad blood and rumors led towards this one moment. Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025 Maksim Chmerkovskiy doesn’t want any bad blood with Jan Ravnik. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bad blood

Word History

First Known Use

1664, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bad blood was in 1664

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“Bad blood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bad%20blood. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.

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