strife
11strife — [n] struggle, battle affray, altercation, animosity, argument, bickering, blowup, brawl, clash, combat, competition, conflict, contention, contest, controversy, difference, disagreement, discord, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disunity …
12strife — ► NOUN 1) angry or bitter disagreement; conflict. 2) Austral./NZ trouble or difficulty of any kind. ORIGIN Old French estrif …
13strife — [strīf] n. [ME strif < OFr estrif: see STRIVE] 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 SYN. DISCORD …
14strife — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ internal ▪ ethnic, factional, internecine, sectarian ▪ civil, industrial, labour/labor (esp. AmE) …
15strife — n. 1) to cause, create strife 2) bitter; communal; domestic; factional; industrial; internal; internecine; sectarian strife 3) strife among, between; in (to create strife between two sisters) * * * [straɪf] between communal domestic factional… …
16Strife — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Strife peut faire référence à : Strife, un jeu vidéo de 1996 ; Strife, un groupe de punk hardcore californien ; Clad Strife, un personnage… …
17strife — [[t]stra͟ɪf[/t]] N UNCOUNT Strife is strong disagreement or fighting. [FORMAL] 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. Syn …
18strife — strifeful, adj. strifeless, adj. /struyf/, n. 1. vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife. 2. a quarrel, struggle, or clash: armed strife. 3. competition or rivalry: the strife of the marketplace. 4. Archaic. strenuous …
19strife — [[t]straɪf[/t]] n. 1) violent or bitter conflict or enmity 2) a struggle; clash: armed strife[/ex] 3) competition; rivalry 4) archaic strenuous effort • Etymology: 1175–1225; ME strif < OF estrif, akin to estriver to strive strife′ful, adj.… …
20strife — /straɪf / (say struyf) noun 1. conflict, discord, or variance: to be at strife. 2. a quarrel, struggle, or clash. –phrase 3. in strife, Colloquial in trouble. {Middle English, from Old French, aphetic modification of estrif. See strive}… …
