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bad blood

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bad blood
n.
Enmity or bitterness among individuals or groups of people.
bad blood
n
a feeling of intense hatred or hostility; enmity
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Noun1.bad blood - a feeling of ill will arousing active hostilitybad blood - a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
animosity, animus
ill will, enmity, hostility - the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility"
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"If there is bad blood between you and them," said I, to soften it off a little.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
But don't imagine to yourself that I make myself bad blood on that account.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
If we had not been all nearly on an equality in the matter of wages, these distinctions would have made bad blood among us.
A Rogue's Life by Collins, Wilkie View in context
 
 
 
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