bad blood

bad blood

noun

Definition of BAD BLOOD

: ill feeling : bitterness

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

Related Words: blood feud, feud, score, vendetta; hate, hatred, loathing; vindictiveness, virulence, vitriol; alienation, disaffection, estrangement; conflict, coolness, discord, friction, strain, tension; inhospitableness, unfriendliness; malice, malignancy, malignity, spite, spitefulness, venom

Near Antonyms: amiability, amicability, civility, cordiality, friendliness, hospitality, neighborliness; comity, empathy, friendship, goodwill, sympathy, understanding

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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