Bad blood

Synonyms for "bad blood" (60 found)

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Closest matches (12)

acrimony animosity animus antagonism antipathybad temperbad willbitter feelingbitternessblighting glance

Noun(2 words)

Strong matches (18)

clashing collision competition conflict contrariety contrarinesscross purposescross-purposes disaccord dissension enmityevil dispositionevil eyefeud fractiousness frictionhard feelingshostility

Related words (30)

ill bloodill feelingill natureill willill-disposedness ill-nature ill-will inimicalness malevolence malocchio negativeness noncooperation obstinacy oppugnancy perverseness rancor recalcitrance refractoriness repugnance rivalry

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soreness sourness strife uncooperativeness vendetta venom virulence vitriol vying whammy

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enmity hostilityill will

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The government at home, and the people of the colonies, are getting to have bad blood between them.

Source: wiktionary

[T]here was bad blood between us from a couple of weeks back, and we was only friends in the way of business.

Source: wiktionary

All those wretched quarrels, in his humble opinion, stirring up bad blood, from some bump of combativeness or gland of some kind, erroneously supposed to be about a punctilio of honour and a flag, […].

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The former vice-president’s characterizations of peers such as Pete Buttigieg (talented but too gay for the America to accept as her running mate), and Josh Shapiro (an egoist) are not particularly juicy, but have already caused bad blood.

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