BLOOD FEUD Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

blood feud

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Definition of blood feud

as in bad blood

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Recent Examples of blood feud Along with Rhodes, there is speculation that Bron Breakker, who has been sidelined by a hernia injury for over a month, will return on Monday to confront Seth Rollins to lock in their blood feud at WrestleMania 42. — Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026 This transformed a political rivalry into a blood feud. — Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026 There's only one way in which this blood feud between Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) and Homelander (Antony Starr) ends. — Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2026 He will always be remembered for igniting the Avs-Red Wings blood feud. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 13 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blood feud

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Noun

The Border War, as it was known until 2004, dates back to 1891 and features the kind of hatred and bad blood that makes college football rivalries hit differently than any other sport.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Perry — who created, wrote and directed all three films — shut down any speculation of bad blood and assured viewers that their schedules just didn’t align.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of bad blood

Noun

The celebrities often have pre-existing relationships and feuds that can guide accusations.

— Hunter Ingram, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
Created by Ronan Bennett, the Paramount+ series follows the warring Harrigan and Stevenson families, whose long-running feud threatens to upend London’s criminal underworld.

— Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of feud

Noun

The Buffs totaled 348 yards but managed only one third-quarter score.

— Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
After South Dakota tied the score at 24-24, Madsen led the offense on one last methodical drive, covering 75 yards in nine plays to give Boise State the lead back.

— Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 20 Sep. 2026

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Various extremist actors in Germany are inciting hatred and violence against Jews or the State of Israel, or denying its right to exist.

— Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
But Chism, whom Ronson tracks down, has not been radicalized by the wave of hatred that came his way.

— Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of hatred

Noun

But as much of Washington scrambles to get its arms around emerging AI risks, elsewhere in the country, opposition to data centers does not necessarily indicate animosity toward AI.

— Justin Papp, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026
But that doesn’t mean the animosity toward their former head coach in Oxford has to simmer down before kickoff.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of animosity

Noun

Students and other fans met Kiffin with so much enmity, the state’s Department of Public Safety sent its special ops team to the game.

— Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
The Associated Press got a taste of the enmity during a late August ride when a black, eight-seater van pulled up alongside.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of enmity

Noun

Kanarek told me that Gray’s antagonism, at the meeting and at other times, positions her as the ultimate instigator of the shooting.

— Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
By defining other civilizations as alien cultures, a civilizationist grand strategy might fuel antagonism rather than tolerate differences.

— Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026

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