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
Give me a little more sense of rivalry, competitiveness and, sure, bad blood.
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The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Thomas’ legal action, filed in 2023, came in the midst of years of bad blood between Thomas and her former colleagues, Commissioners George Teal and Abe Laydon.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2025
On night one, Roman Reigns, CM Punk, and Seth Rollins competed in a contest with over a decade’s worth of bad blood and real-life resentment.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
Flair seemingly put any concepts of bad blood to bed with a congratulatory post on X spiced up with an image of him and Cena.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Thomas’ legal action, filed in 2023, came in the midst of years of bad blood between Thomas and her former colleagues, Commissioners George Teal and Abe Laydon.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2025
On night one, Roman Reigns, CM Punk, and Seth Rollins competed in a contest with over a decade’s worth of bad blood and real-life resentment.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
Flair seemingly put any concepts of bad blood to bed with a congratulatory post on X spiced up with an image of him and Cena.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bad blood
Noun
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Over the nearly 20 months since the hostilities began, Colin Clarke said there has been a radicalization effect in the U.S., particularly of the political left.—
Odette Yousef,
NPR,
28 May 2025
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Opposition to the war became hostility toward our own military.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
Noun
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The fear this instills in I-Jing — already ignored by her busy mother, nor attended to by her mercurial older sister, I-Ann, who holds a grudge against her mother and rebels by working at a shady betel nut stand — sets off a secrets-unearthing chain of events.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
14 May 2025
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Was Disney actually complicit in Ryan using shareholder revenues to further a personal grudge?—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
9 May 2025
Noun
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No more tolerance of hatred, no more mercy for criminals.—
Sarah Beth Hensley,
ABC News,
28 May 2025
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Antisemitism, hatred and terrorism must be stopped, lest our civilization fall into the abyss.—
Diane Gensler,
Baltimore Sun,
26 May 2025
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“Bad blood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bad%20blood. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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