Strife

English

Noun

Strife (plural Strifes)

1. Violent conflict, usually brief or limited in nature.

Synonyms

• conflict, contention, discord

Derived terms

• trouble and strife

Adjectives for Strife

unprofitable; elemental; deadly; stern; sexual; frivolous; murderous; fragrant; patient; sacrificial; noble; ambiguous; harmonious; domestic; continued; fruitful party; barren; unceasing; eternal; vain inward; harmless; civil; victorious; bloody dying; absorbing; ignoble; midnight; surging; household; languid; sordid; political ineffectual; harsh; expiring; constant; idle inevitable; whirlwind; turbulent; industrial uncongenial; tortured; feverish; unselfish victorious; convulsive; theological; varied bitter; selfish; inhuman; classic; dawning spiritual; perpetual; unreposing; useless foolish.

Verbs for Strife

avert—; maneuver—; perpetuate—; plague with—; renew—; stir up—; —afflicts; — breaks out; —breeds; —brings; —dissolves; —flares; —harasses; —locks; —prolongs; — racks; —seethes; —surges; —tears.

Thesaurus

Kilkenny cats, altercation, animosity, antagonism, arguing, argument, bad blood, bicker, bickering, blood feud, brawl, broil, cat-and-dog life, combat, competition, conflict, contention, contentiousness, contest, contestation, controversy, cut and thrust, debate, difference, disagreement, discord, disharmony, disputation, dispute, dissension, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, embroilment, enmity, feud, fight, fighting, fliting, fracas, friction, fuss, hard feelings, hatred, hostility, ill will, imbroglio, litigation, logomachy, open quarrel, paper war, polemic, quarrel, quarreling, quarrelsomeness, rivalry, scrapping, sharp words, slanging match, snarl, spat, squabble, squabbling, struggle, tiff, tussle, unfriendliness, vendetta, war, war of words, warfare, words, wrangle, wrangling

Etymology

Old French estrif, from Frankish strīban, ultimately of Germanic origin, compare German Streit (“quarrel, dispute”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aɪf

Translations

violent conflict

Arabic: فتنة (ar) (qítna) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 衝突 (cmn), 冲突 (cmn) (chōngtū, chōngtú) Czech: svár (cs) m. Dutch: geschil (nl) n., vijandige rivaliteit (nl), strijd (nl), conflict (nl) Esperanto: malpaco (eo) Finnish: selkkaus (fi), yhteenotto (fi), konflikti (fi) French: différends m plural German: Streit (de) m. Greek: διαμάχη (el) (diamáchi) f., διαπάλη (el) (diapáli) f., αλληλοσπαραγμός (el) (allilosparagmós) m.

Gujarati: હિંસક તોફાન,ઝઘડો, (gu) m. Hebrew: מדון (he) Italian: disputa (it) f. Japanese: 争い (ja) (あらそい, arasoi) Korean: 투쟁 (ko) (tujaeng) Latin: iūrgium (la) n. Norwegian: strid (no) m. Portuguese: conflito (pt) m., disputa (pt) f., discórdia (pt) f. Russian: раздор (ru) (razdór) m., распря (ru) (rásprja) f. Spanish: distensión (es) f. West Frisian: strijf, striid

Anagrams

• firste, refits, resift, rifest, sifter