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[ strahyf ] / straɪf / SEE SYNONYMS FOR strife ON THESAURUS.COM
nounvigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife. a quarrel, struggle, or clash: armed strife. competition or rivalry: the strife of the marketplace. Archaic. strenuous effort. Origin of strife1175–1225; Middle English strif<Old French estrif, akin to estriver to strive SYNONYMS FOR strife1 difference, disagreement, contrariety, opposition. 2 fight, conflict. SEE SYNONYMS FOR strife ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR strifeSEE ANTONYMS FOR strife ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM strifestrifeful, adjectivestrifeless, adjectiveun·der·strife, nounWords nearby strifestrident, stride piano, stridor, stridulate, stridulous, strife, strigiform, strigil, strigose, Strijdom, strikable Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for strifeIf the flames of separatism in Punjab seemed to be simmering, the secessionist strife in Kashmir was just peaking. Farewell to Manmohan Singh, India’s Puppet Prime Minister|Kapil Komireddi|January 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST History records internal Jewish strife to match and challenge the violence of the Judean war against the Seleucids. Don't Let the Maccabees Win|Matt Lerner|December 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST It took a decade of tumult and strife, but in the end: they did. How Margaret Thatcher Saved Britain and Changed the World|David Frum|April 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST Brooke Astor had lived for more than a century—a century marked by progress and strife. Brooke Astor’s Estate Is Auctioned, and a Friend Recalls Her Fondly|Barbara Goldsmith|September 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The coup ushered in decades of strife and eventually a civil war that would last 36 years and leave 200,000 dead. Guatemala: A Losing Battle in the War on Drugs?|Mac Margolis|September 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST Love, in the exclusive form, has jealousy for its complement; and jealousy brings on strife and division. History of American Socialisms|John Humphrey Noyes When I pass through them I am a thousand miles from the city with its toil and pain, its strife and sorrow. Some Summer Days in Iowa|Frederick John Lazell The Northumbrians, as usual, were at strife among themselves, two rival kings fighting for the supremacy. Early Britain|Grant Allen Elsewhere a half-moon of yellow sand received the ripples with a kiss, suggestive of utter conquest and the end of strife. Under the Waves|R M Ballantyne The strife over the Statute of Labourers grew fiercer and fiercer, and a return of the plague heightened the public distress. History of the English People, Volume II (of 8)|John Richard Green
British Dictionary definitions for strife
nounangry or violent struggle; conflict rivalry or contention, esp of a bitter kind Australian and NZ trouble or discord of any kindto get into strife archaic striving Word Origin for strifeC13: from Old French estrif, probably from estriver to strive Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to strifesquabble, warfare, clash, discord, disunity, disagreement, fighting, dissension, quarrel, wrangle, friction, animosity, controversy, rivalry, conflict, dispute, wrangling, bickering, contention, combat |