BAD BLOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bad blood mean? 

• BAD BLOOD (noun)
  The noun BAD BLOOD has 1 sense:

1. a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility

  Familiarity information: BAD BLOOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAD BLOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A feeling of ill will arousing active hostility

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

animosity; animus; bad blood

Hypernyms ("bad blood" is a kind of...):

enmity; hostility; ill will (the feeling of a hostile person)

 Context examples 

A score of secondary combats had nearly arisen from the rivalries and bad blood created by the selection, and it was only the influence of the prince and the efforts of the older barons which kept the peace among so many eager and fiery soldiers.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)