as in hostility
a deep-seated ill will
there's been bad blood between the two families for years
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Recent Examples of bad blood
Ali Wong and Bill Hader have broken up after dating for nearly three years, but there doesn’t appear to be any bad blood between the pair.
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Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
This rivalry represents the pinnacle of basketball drama, with social media already buzzing about the historic bad blood between these two franchises.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Despite her distaste for her brother-in-law's habit, Jones was quick to reassure that there was no bad blood between them.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
Alexander and Richard say there is no bad blood between them.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2025
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Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
This rivalry represents the pinnacle of basketball drama, with social media already buzzing about the historic bad blood between these two franchises.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Despite her distaste for her brother-in-law's habit, Jones was quick to reassure that there was no bad blood between them.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
Alexander and Richard say there is no bad blood between them.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bad blood
Noun
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Their teenage daughter Josie meets Laura with hostility, while her son Felix remains distant.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2026
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Less inviting and contemplative than aggressive and giddy, its priority isn’t to ask the audience to step outside their own perspective and examine how their behavior may contribute to similar hostilities.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2026
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His father refused to relinquish his grudge, as Dreher saw it, and his mother always went along with her husband.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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As far as grudges go, this one runs dangerously deep.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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What began as skepticism towards AI has curdled into a palpable AI hatred across the American workforce.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Given their hatred of Indigenous people, Casey and Frank set out to bring them back, a vengeance mission with echoes of The Searchers.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
17 Feb. 2026
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Anger over the bloodshed now adds to the bitterness over the economy, which has been hollowed out by decades of sanctions, corruption and mismanagement.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2026
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The bright fragrant baking spice from Angostura Bitters is replaced with the deep earth of the Cynar whose bitterness brings a constant low hum, like engine noise on an airplane.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Bad blood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bad%20blood. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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