feud
1- Also called blood feud. a bitter, continuous hostility, especially between two families, clans, etc., often lasting for many years or generations.
- a bitter quarrel or contention: a feud between labor and management.
- to engage in a feud.
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Related Words for feuding
row, fight, squabble, discord, enmity, hostility, vendetta, disagreement, controversy, run-in, dissension, strife, fracas, contest, quarrel, rivalry, altercation, conflict, dispute, bickeringExamples from the Web for feuding
Contemporary Examples of feuding
The Miley tweet marked the peak of the hostilities, ushering in a social media silence between the two feuding celebs.
Donald Trump versus Bill Maher- they have been feuding for years.
One suspect is the Pakistani Taliban, who have been feuding with the Haqqanis.
The agreement averted a ground invasion by Israeli troops, but left many tensions between the feuding neighbors unresolved.
New York courts are more likely to avoid granting joint custody in situations with feuding parents.
Historical Examples of feuding
Perhaps they had come to join the Monaldeschi or the Filippeschi in their feuding.
The Saracen: Land of the InfidelRobert Shea
I was sick of the feuding, the worries and the pettiness of the other nineteen aboard.
Let'em Breathe SpaceLester del Rey
I was told that the Durkees and Tatums had been feuding for years.
WhirligigsO. Henry
If you leave enough men under his command, he will keep the feuding families under control.
The Saracen: The Holy WarRobert Shea
They might run afoul of bravos or some of the wild young men of Orvieto's feuding families.
The Saracen: Land of the InfidelRobert Shea
feud
1- long and bitter hostility between two families, clans, or individuals; vendetta
- a quarrel or dispute
- (intr) to take part in or carry on a feud
Word Origin for feud
feud
2feod
- feudal law land held in return for service
Word Origin for feud
Word Origin and History for feuding
feud
1670s, from feud (n.). Related: Feuded; feuding.
feud
c.1300, fede "enmity, hatred, hostility," northern English and Scottish; perhaps from an unrecorded Old English word or else from Old French fede, from Old High German fehida "contention, quarrel, feud," from Proto-Germanic *faihitha noun of state from adj. *faiho- (cf. Old English fæhð "enmity," fah "hostile;" German Fehde "feud;" Old Frisian feithe "enmity;" see foe). Sense of "vendetta" is early 15c. Alteration of spelling in 16c. is unexplained.