blood feud

noun

: a feud between different clans or families

Examples of blood feud in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Now, after spending this year’s third-round pick on Barry Bonds’ nephew, outfielder Peyton Bonds, the Giants have plenty of bloodlines from their 2002 World Series team with none of the blood feud. — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

The series transplants the iconic blood feud between the Montagues and Capulets into the criminal underworld of modern-day Los Angeles. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 July 2026

In the medieval era, blood feuds carried on for generations; likewise, today’s wars are often rooted in centuries of pain. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026

Trade policy should resemble intelligent statecraft, not a medieval blood feud in which every nation — friend or adversary — is treated as an enemy. — Richard W. Rahn, Fortune, 27 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1815, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for blood feud

• accrued
• allude
• collude
• conclude
• construed
• debuted
• delude
• elude
• endued
• ensued
• eschewed
• etude