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Definition of Bad blood
1. Noun. A feeling of ill will arousing active hostility.
Definition of Bad blood
1. Noun. (idiomatic) Feelings of hostility or ill will. ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic) A serious feud or long-standing grudge. ¹
3. Noun. (idiomatic dated) An inherited immoral or disturbed nature. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bad Blood
Literary usage of Bad blood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of by Robert Stewart Castlereagh (1853)
"My dear Lord—I think it my duty to acquaint your lordship that a circumstance
has created much bad blood among the principal members of the royal family. ..."
2. Pioneer History of Milwaukee by James Smith Buck (1881)
"New Stage Line — Editorial—• Michael Burke's Raid—bad blood—Celebration of the
4th—Improvements—Sketch of James B. Martin—Rogers' Block, Sketch and Cut ..."
3. The London Magazine Enlarged and Improved (1784)
"... is unable would.be to let thie bad blood run out, ... who lud bad blood: nay,
fome were even ..."
4. Personal hygiene applied by Jesse Feiring Williams (1922)
"The reason why persons so often speak of "bad blood' as accompanying the opening
of spring is because one so often sees people who have lived the most ..."
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