bad blood

noun

Synonyms of bad bloodnext
: 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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There’s a lot of bad blood under that very big bridge. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026 Prosecutors contended that Jay recruited Jordan and Washington to sell coke for him in Baltimore, but the deal went sour when the rapper’s drug connection had bad blood with Washington and threatened to kill him. John Annese, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026 While Earle leaving Cooper’s podcast network first alerted the world to the potential of bad blood between the two creators, before then, eagle-eyed fans had noticed something was awry when Earle didn’t attend Unwell’s Super Bowl party in 2025, despite being in New Orleans for the game. Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026 Weinstein’s lawyers have argued that his New York conviction last year was poisoned by bad blood among jurors. ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bad blood

Word History

First Known Use

1664, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 23 Apr. 2026.

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