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strife


strife

S0808600 (strīf)n.1. Heated, often violent conflict or disagreement. See Synonyms at conflict.2. A conflict or quarrel: "His mind seemed older than theirs: it shone coldly on their strifes and happiness and regrets like a moon upon a younger earth" (James Joyce).3. Contention or competition between rivals.
[Middle English strif, from Old French estrit, estrif, from Frankish *strīd.]

strife

(straɪf) n1. angry or violent struggle; conflict2. rivalry or contention, esp of a bitter kind3. Austral and NZ trouble or discord of any kind: to get into strife. 4. archaic striving[C13: from Old French estrif, probably from estriver to strive]

strife

(straɪf)

n. 1. violent or bitter conflict or enmity. 2. a struggle; clash: armed strife. 3. competition; rivalry. 4. Archaic. strenuous effort. [1175–1225; Middle English strif < Old French estrif, akin to estriver to strive] strife′ful, adj. strife′less, adj.
Thesaurus
Noun1.strife - lack of agreement or harmonystrife - lack of agreement or harmony discorddisorder - a disturbance of the peace or of public order
2.strife - bitter conflict; heated often violent dissensionconflict, struggle, battle - an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"countercurrent, crosscurrent - actions counter to the main group activity; "political crosscurrents disrupted the conference"discordance, discord - strife resulting from a lack of agreement

strife

noun conflict, battle, struggle, row, clash, clashes, contest, controversy, combat, warfare, rivalry, contention, quarrel, friction, squabbling, wrangling, bickering, animosity, discord, dissension The boardroom strife at the company is far from over.

strife

noun1. A state of disagreement and disharmony:clash, conflict, confrontation, contention, difference, difficulty, disaccord, discord, discordance, dissension, dissent, dissentience, dissidence, dissonance, faction, friction, inharmony, schism, variance, war, warfare.2. A state of open, prolonged fighting:belligerency, conflict, confrontation, hostility (used in plural), struggle, war, warfare.3. A vying with others for victory or supremacy:battle, competition, contest, corrivalry, race, rivalry, striving, struggle, tug of war, war, warfare.
Translations
争吵冲突

strife

(straif) noun conflict, fighting or quarrelling. a country torn by strife; industrial strife (= disagreement between employers and workers). 衝突,爭吵 冲突,争吵
IdiomsSeetrouble and strife

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strife


  • noun

Synonyms for strife

noun conflict

Synonyms

  • conflict
  • battle
  • struggle
  • row
  • clash
  • clashes
  • contest
  • controversy
  • combat
  • warfare
  • rivalry
  • contention
  • quarrel
  • friction
  • squabbling
  • wrangling
  • bickering
  • animosity
  • discord
  • dissension

Synonyms for strife

noun a state of disagreement and disharmony

Synonyms

  • clash
  • conflict
  • confrontation
  • contention
  • difference
  • difficulty
  • disaccord
  • discord
  • discordance
  • dissension
  • dissent
  • dissentience
  • dissidence
  • dissonance
  • faction
  • friction
  • inharmony
  • schism
  • variance
  • war
  • warfare

noun a state of open, prolonged fighting

Synonyms

  • belligerency
  • conflict
  • confrontation
  • hostility
  • struggle
  • war
  • warfare

noun a vying with others for victory or supremacy

Synonyms

  • battle
  • competition
  • contest
  • corrivalry
  • race
  • rivalry
  • striving
  • struggle
  • tug of war
  • war
  • warfare

Synonyms for strife

noun lack of agreement or harmony

Synonyms

  • discord

Related Words

  • disorder

noun bitter conflict

Related Words

  • conflict
  • struggle
  • battle
  • countercurrent
  • crosscurrent
  • discordance
  • discord
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