Search results
- Dictionarystrife/strʌɪf/
noun
- 1. angry or bitter disagreement over fundamental issues; conflict: "strife within the community"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
The meaning of STRIFE is bitter sometimes violent conflict or dissension. How to use strife in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Strife.
violent or angry disagreement: What are the prospects for overcoming the strife between the Christian minority and Muslim majority? 20 years of civil strife have left the country's economy in ruins. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Social order & disorder. anarchic. anarchism. anarchistic. anarchy. bedlam. disorganization. disorganized.
Strife definition: vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism. See examples of STRIFE used in a sentence.
noun [ U ] formal us / straɪf / uk / straɪf / Add to word list. violent or angry disagreement: What are the prospects for overcoming the strife between the Christian minority and Muslim majority? 20 years of civil strife have left the country's economy in ruins. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Social order & disorder. anarchic.
uncountable noun. 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. Synonyms: conflict, battle, struggle, row More Synonyms of strife.
n. 1. angry or violent struggle; conflict. 2. rivalry or contention, esp of a bitter kind. 3. AustralandNZ trouble or discord of any kind: to get into strife. 4. archaic striving. [C13: from Old French estrif, probably from estriver to strive]
Strife is the act or state of fighting or arguing violently. The years leading up to the U.S. Civil War were characterized by great strife between northern and southern states over slavery and the role of a federal government.
