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
There doesn't seem to be any bad blood between the two actors, as Berry congratulated Brody in the comment section of his Instagram post celebrating his Golden Globe win for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama in January.
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2025
Lorne Michaels once risked having bad blood with Taylor Swift, according to a new Vulture profile published Friday (Feb. 14) ahead of Saturday Night Live‘s 50th-anniversary special this weekend.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2025
Proving there’s no bad blood, Wayans was welcomed back to ‘SNL’ to perform a stand up set during the last episode of Season 11, which ran from 1985-1986.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025
So there’s no bad blood this year between you and your fellow nominees?
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2025
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2025
Lorne Michaels once risked having bad blood with Taylor Swift, according to a new Vulture profile published Friday (Feb. 14) ahead of Saturday Night Live‘s 50th-anniversary special this weekend.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2025
Proving there’s no bad blood, Wayans was welcomed back to ‘SNL’ to perform a stand up set during the last episode of Season 11, which ran from 1985-1986.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025
So there’s no bad blood this year between you and your fellow nominees?
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bad blood
Noun
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America’s first Black female doctor also faced open hostility from the white medical establishment.—
Ella Jeffries,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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Despite frequent instances of both sides accusing one another of violating the truce, the elusive breakthrough led to the longest cessation of hostilities since the war began, as well as the release of 33 Israelis from Hamas captivity and nearly 2,000 Palestinians from Israeli prisons.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Trump has held a public, longstanding grudge against VOA, Politico noted.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2025
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When Mia came onto the franchise, her ability to let insults roll off her back was an asset; a cast that holds grudges is the nail in the coffin for any franchise.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
Vulture,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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What’s been really interesting to me about the Blake situation is how much of the hatred against her is coming from women.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
28 Mar. 2025
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Thanks to his efforts to take a chain saw to the federal government through DOGE, Elon Musk has attracted a level of ire from left-wing activists that now rivals their level of hatred for President Trump.—
The Editors,
National Review,
24 Mar. 2025
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