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
The Regalado family has long had bad blood with Carollo.
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Tess Riski
march 3, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
There isn’t any bad blood that’s been sparked from the back-and-forth.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2026
There’s no bad blood with the Faithfuls who banished her, though.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
But there’s no bad blood there.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2026
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Tess Riski
march 3, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
There isn’t any bad blood that’s been sparked from the back-and-forth.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2026
There’s no bad blood with the Faithfuls who banished her, though.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
But there’s no bad blood there.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for bad blood
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bad blood
Noun
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Traders have been worried over the hostilities in the Middle East.—
Jeff Cox,Sean Conlon,Joseph Wilkins,
CNBC,
23 Mar. 2026
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The administration's hostility toward renewables is having an effect.—
Camila Domonoske,
NPR,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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After one sip of Viola's magical potion, Madeline and Helen begin a new era of life (and death) with their youth and beauty restored…and a grudge to last eternity.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Gibbs still harbors a major grudge from their New Orleans bar encounter when meeting Pride again on an NIS 1990s case.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Murphy Austin condemns antisemitism, violence, and acts of hatred in any form.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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But it was inspired out of just seething hatred.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2026
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Seeing a former flame with someone else brings out a jealous bitterness that eats at Lou, which is hard not to relate to as a millennial audience member with a heart.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2026
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In 2019, Spanish geneticists mapped the genomes of bitter and sweet almonds and determined that a single gene was responsible for almond bitterness.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Bad blood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bad%20blood. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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