Strife

Quick meaning: Strife is a noun meaning Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work.

Meaning

Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work.

More Meanings

1. Exertion or contention for superiority, either by physical or intellectual means.
2. Bitter conflict, sometimes violent.
3. (colloquial) A trouble of any kind.
4. (obsolete) That which is contended against; occasion of contest.

Example Sentences

He ſpide lamenting her unlucky ſtrife,

Hee is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions, and ſtrifes of wordes,[…]

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents' strife.

A few observations about the interpretation of vows or pledges may not be out of place here. Interpretation of pledges has been a fruitful source of strife all the world over. No matter how explicit the pledge, people will turn and twist the text to suit their own purposes.

Word Forms

• strifes

Synonyms for strife

Depending on context, synonyms include conflict, contention, discord, dissension, struggle, altercation.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include discord, confrontation, contention, rivalry, feud, wrangling.

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