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bad blood

noun

: feelings of dislike between two people or groups

Full Definition of BAD BLOOD

:  ill feeling :  bitterness
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First Known Use of BAD BLOOD

1825

Related to BAD BLOOD

Synonyms
animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, enmity, bitterness, gall, grudge, hostility, jaundice, rancor
Antonyms
amity

Rhymes with BAD BLOOD

at stud, blue blood, disbud, earbud, full-blood, half-blood, hotblood, leaf bud, lifeblood, new blood, oxblood, redbud, rosebud, shed blood, smell blood, sweat blood

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