Money is a major cause of strife in many marriages.
The boardroom strife at the company is far from over.
It remains a highly unstable and strife-torn country.
Synonyms: conflict, battle, struggle, row More Synonyms of strife
strife in British English
(straɪf)
noun
1.
angry or violent struggle; conflict
2.
rivalry or contention, esp of a bitter kind
3. Australian and New Zealand
trouble or discord of any kind
to get into strife
4. archaic
striving
Word origin
C13: from Old French estrif, probably from estriver to strive
strife in American English
(straɪf)
noun
1.
the act of striving or vying with another; contention or competition
2.
the act or state of fighting or quarreling, esp. bitterly; struggle; conflict
3. Archaic
strong endeavor
SIMILAR WORDS: ˈdisˌcord
Word origin
ME strif < OFr estrif: see strive
Examples of 'strife' in a sentence
strife
Those years were a ferment of industrial strife compared with today.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
There were no signs of marital strife and no history of violence or erratic behaviour.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The ruling party approaches the election with growing signs of internal strife.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In most cases this produces strife but families struggle along.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Most of the trouble and strife came from friction between wives and girlfriends.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Any cuts are sure to cause internal strife.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
They have weathered the strikes and the industrial strife.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The search for the cure to marital strife is over.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Gradually our love and admiration for one another became stifled by domestic toil and marital strife.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This internal strife just cannot continue at a club which prides itself on its history and good name.
The Sun (2014)
She did not want to open a new cause of strife with the princess by saying more plainly what she meant.
George MacDonald The Princess and the Goblin (1872)
Civil strife is the curse, to which the poorest countries are most vulnerable.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Living and working constantly amidst conflict and strife, pain and suffering.
Christianity Today (2000)
Otherwise, western investors tend to ignore trouble and strife overseas.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The world's top four platinum producers are now all mired in industrial strife.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Through all the apparent internal strife, a new power structure appears to be taking hold.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In a world of trouble and strife, she seems to make all things simpler.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The divorced sock is one of life's mysteries and a common cause of marital strife.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The election took place amid industrial strife and a three-day week.
The Sun (2010)
A huge amount of strife can be avoided if homework is designed rather than just assigned.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Unlike some ethnic groups, they have refrained from importing the kind of issues which have led to sectarian or civil strife in their history or homeland.
Stewart Lamont WHEN SCOTLAND RULED THE WORLD: The Story of the Golden Age of Genius, Creativityand Exploration (2002)
By the end of the 1800s, men were prone to view struggle and strife as ends in themselves.
Rotundo, E. Anthony American Manhood: Transformations in Masculinity from the Revolution to the ModernEra (1993)
In other languages
strife
British English: strife NOUN
Strife is strong disagreement or fighting.
Money is a major cause of strife in many marriages.
American English: strife
Brazilian Portuguese: conflito
Chinese: 冲突
European Spanish: disputa
French: conflit
German: Streit
Italian: conflitto
Japanese: 紛争
Korean: 불화
European Portuguese: conflito
Latin American Spanish: disputa
(noun)
Definition
angry or violent struggle
The boardroom strife at the company is far from over.
Synonyms
conflict
The National Security Council has met to discuss ways of preventing a military conflict.
battle
a renewed political battle over public health care
struggle
I broke my wrist in the struggle.
row
clash
clashes
contest
a bitter contest over who should control the state's future
controversy
The proposed cuts have caused considerable controversy.
combat
Over 16 million men died in combat during the war.
warfare
There are fears that the dispute could develop into open warfare.
rivalry
He had a lot of rivalry with his brother.
contention
They generally tried to avoid subjects of contention between them.
quarrel
I had a terrible quarrel with my other brothers.
friction
There was friction between the children.
squabbling
wrangling
bickering
animosity
discord
He foments discord among the allies.
dissension
a great deal of dissension within the armed forces
Additional synonyms
in the sense of battle
Definition
conflict or struggle
a renewed political battle over public health care
Synonyms
conflict,
campaign,
struggle,
debate,
clash,
dispute,
contest,
controversy,
disagreement,
crusade,
strife,
head-to-head,
agitation
in the sense of combat
Definition
a fight or struggle
Over 16 million men died in combat during the war.
Synonyms
fight,
war,
action,
battle,
conflict,
engagement,
warfare,
skirmish
in the sense of contention
Definition
disagreement or dispute
They generally tried to avoid subjects of contention between them.
Synonyms
dispute,
hostility,
disagreement,
feuding,
strife,
wrangling,
discord,
enmity,
dissension
Synonyms of 'strife'
strife
Explore 'strife' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of contest
Definition
a struggle for power or control
a bitter contest over who should control the state's future
Synonyms
struggle,
fight,
battle,
debate,
conflict,
dispute,
encounter,
controversy,
combat,
discord,
turf war (informal)
in the sense of controversy
Definition
argument or debate concerning a matter about which there is strong disagreement
The proposed cuts have caused considerable controversy.
Synonyms
argument,
debate,
row,
discussion,
dispute,
contention,
quarrel,
squabble,
strife,
wrangle,
wrangling,
polemic,
altercation,
dissension
in the sense of discord
Definition
lack of agreement or harmony between people
He foments discord among the allies.
Synonyms
disagreement,
division,
conflict,
difference,
opposition,
row,
clashing,
dispute,
contention,
friction,
strife,
wrangling,
variance,
disunity,
dissension,
incompatibility,
discordance,
lack of concord
in the sense of dissension
Definition
disagreement and argument
a great deal of dissension within the armed forces
Synonyms
disagreement,
conflict,
dissent,
dispute,
contention,
quarreling,
friction,
strife,
discord,
discordance,
conflict of opinion
in the sense of friction
Definition
disagreement or conflict
There was friction between the children.
Synonyms
conflict,
opposition,
hostility,
resentment,
disagreement,
rivalry,
discontent,
wrangling,
bickering,
animosity,
antagonism,
discord,
bad feeling,
bad blood,
dissension,
incompatibility,
disharmony,
dispute
in the sense of quarrel
Definition
an angry disagreement
I had a terrible quarrel with my other brothers.
Synonyms
disagreement,
fight,
row,
difference (of opinion),
argument,
dispute,
controversy,
breach,
scrap (informal),
disturbance,
misunderstanding,
contention,
feud,
fray,
brawl,
spat,
squabble,
strife,
wrangle,
skirmish,
vendetta,
discord,
fracas,
commotion,
tiff,
altercation,
broil,
tumult,
dissension,
affray,
turf war (informal),
shindig (informal),
disputation,
dissidence,
shindy (informal),
bagarre,
biffo (Australian, slang)
in the sense of rivalry
Definition
active competition between people or groups
He had a lot of rivalry with his brother.
Synonyms
competition,
competitiveness,
vying,
opposition,
struggle,
conflict,
contest,
contention,
duel,
antagonism,
emulation
in the sense of struggle
Definition
a fight or battle
I broke my wrist in the struggle.
Synonyms
fight,
battle,
conflict,
clash,
contest,
encounter,
brush,
combat,
hostilities,
strife,
skirmish,
tussle,
biffo (Australian, slang)
in the sense of warfare
Definition
a violent or intense conflict of any kind
There are fears that the dispute could develop into open warfare.