ill blood, ˈill-ˈblood
[See ill a. 2, blood n. 5; cf. bad blood, bad 6.]
Unfriendly or angry feeling, animosity; strife.
| 1624 Capt. Smith Virginia 178 Finding this..might breed ill bloud. c 1645 Howell Lett. (1655) I. iii. 121 It was fear'd this..would have bred ill blood. 1703 Burchett Naval Trans. iii. xvii. (1720) 365 This Action..bred ill Blood between him and Raleigh. 1809 Wellington Let. to J. Villiers 19 May in Gurw. Desp. IV. 346 The embarrassment and ill-blood which it occasions. 1844 Dickens Mart. Chuz. ii, Don't let there be any ill-blood between us, pray. |