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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Instead, an arcane academic skirmish has devolved into open hostilities.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Fox News Digital reviewed internal Signal chat messages from Seattle-area rapid response groups showing that the rejection of whistles triggered open hostility.—
Asra Q. Nomani,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This one-year penance business reeks of score-settling, petty grudges and arm-twisting.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Some can hold grudges for years.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
22 Jan. 2026
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Emily Brontë’s novel is a book that stains — its emotions seep through generations, its hatreds metastasize, its love transforms into something unholy and permanent.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Talmud teaches that Jerusalem was destroyed not only because of hatred, but because of sinat chinam, baseless hatred fueled by moral absolutism.—
Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
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Tahini’s bitterness balances the intense sweetness of dates, the traditional Ramadan break-the-fast food; stuffing dates with tahini is a Ramadan treat.—
Faye Levy,
Oc Register,
11 Feb. 2026
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The bitterness is concentrated in the green shoot itself.—
Caitlin Beale,
Health,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Bad blood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bad%20blood. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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