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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As rumors swirl about the family’s status in the wake of Trace Cyrus’s open letter of concern to Billy Ray following the family patriarch’s inauguration performance, a Cyrus family source says talk of bad blood is unfounded. —

Rachel Desantis, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025 Whoever wins, the race is likely to leave the Legislature steeped in bad blood — just as Texas must confront a wave of serious emerging problems. —

Saul Elbein, The Hill, 30 Dec. 2024 But there’s bad blood between Burritt and his Cleveland-Cliffs counterpart, raising the question of whether U.S. Steel investors would need to heap on the pressure to get a deal done. —

Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025 Swift endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris on Sept. 11, leading to bad blood with GOP nominee Donald Trump who sees her as an anti-hero. —

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