strife
[ strahyf ]
/ straɪf /
noun
vigorous 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.
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Origin of strife
SYNONYMS FOR strife
ANTONYMS FOR strife
1, 2 peace.
OTHER WORDS FROM strife
strife·ful, adjectivestrife·less, adjectiveun·der·strife, nounWords nearby strife
stride piano, strident, stridor, stridulate, stridulous, strife, strigiform, strigil, strigose, strijdom, strikable
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Example sentences from the Web for strifeful
Coming from the Chattan tribe I must hope the centuries since that strifeful day have brought reëxpansion to the Chattans.
The Spell of Scotland|Keith ClarkEgil's sons were tall and strifeful; they were most unfair men.
The story of Burnt Njal|AnonymousThese things being so, it is foolish to say that these victories and this strifeful gain are matters of merely racial application.
British Dictionary definitions for strifeful
strife
/ (straɪf) /
noun
angry 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 strife
C13: from Old French estrif, probably from estriver to strive
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