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Wiktionary
strifenoun
Synonyms:
conflict, contention, discordstrifenoun
Violent conflict, usually brief or limited in nature.
Synonyms:
discord, contention, conflict
English Synonyms and Antonyms
strife
Conflict is a general word which describes opponents, whether individuals or hosts, as dashed together. One continuous conflict between entire armies is a battle. Another battle may be fought upon the same field after a considerable interval; or a new battle may follow immediately, the armies meeting upon a new field. An action is brief and partial; a battle may last for days. Engagement is a somewhat formal expression for battle; as, it was the commander's purpose to avoid a general engagement. A protracted war, including many battles, may be a stubborn contest. Combat, originally a hostile encounter between individuals, is now used also for extensive engagements. A skirmish is between small detachments or scattered troops. An encounter may be either purposed or accidental, between individuals or armed forces. Fight is a word of less dignity than battle; we should not ordinarily speak of Waterloo as a fight, unless where the word is used in the sense of fighting; as, I was in the thick of the fight.
Synonyms:
action, affair, battle, bout, combat, conflict, contest, encounter, engagement, fight, passage of arms, skirmishAntonyms:
armistice, concord, peace, suspension of hostilities, trucePreposition:
A battle of giants; battle between armies; a battle for life, against invaders; a battle to the death; the battle of (more rarely at) Marathon.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
strife
Synonyms:
struggle, contention, contest, animosity, quarrel, wrangle, disagreement, discord, bickering, emulationAntonyms:
good will, peace, amity, friendliness
Princeton's WordNet
discord, strifenoun
lack of agreement or harmony
Synonyms:
discord, dissension, discordancestrifenoun
bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension
Synonyms:
discord
Dictionary of English Synonymes
strifenoun
Synonyms:
contention, contest, conflict, struggle, quarrel
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
strifenoun
Synonyms:
conflict, struggle, contention, emulation, competition, battle
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#473 | action | |
#615 | war | |
#2541 | battle | |
#2575 | fight | |
#3106 | conflict | |
#3575 | contest | |
#3676 | fighting | |
#4575 | combat | |
#5268 | disorder | |
#5546 | engagement | |
#5676 | dispute | |
#5905 | struggle | |
#7693 | encounter | |
#9420 | affair | |
#12920 | bout | |
#14677 | emulation | |
#17032 | contention | |
#18900 | disagreement | |
#23324 | turmoil | |
#24114 | unrest | |
#24177 | strife | |
#36034 | quarrel | |
#42082 | discord | |
#47035 | sedition | |
#48737 | skirmish | |
#48768 | animosity | |
#52608 | bickering | |
#74106 | infighting | |
#78005 | dissension | |
#92592 | wrangle | |
#132263 | discordance |
How to use strife in a sentence?
Witch bottles are the type of things people would use more generally in famine, political strife or feeling under threat, the Union troops were definitely under all those kinds of existential threats or fears.
Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi:
To my dear people, I say, make sure that al-Maliki and those who stand behind him don't get what he wishes. Because they want sectarian strife.
Alcohol could be used as a coping mechanism for either loneliness and boredom or for relationship strife, also, people were finding that they were having trouble shifting between work and after work, and sometimes drinking was the thing that they used in order to make that transition.
The effects of the late civil strife have been to free the slave and make him a citizen. Yet he is not possessed of the civil rights which citizenship should carry with it. This is wrong, and should be corrected.
Like the winds of the sea are the winds of fate As we voyage along through life, Tis the set of the soul That decides its goal And not the calm or the strife.
Translations for strife
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- فتنة, صراعArabic
- svárCzech
- StreitGerman
- διαπάλη, διαμάχη, αλληλοσπαραγμόςGreek
- malpacoEsperanto
- distensiónSpanish
- selkkaus, yhteenotto, konfliktiFinnish
- conflitFrench
- striid, strijfWestern Frisian
- હિંસક તોફાન,ઝઘડો,Gujarati
- מדוןHebrew
- tenzone, disputaItalian
- 争いJapanese
- 투쟁Korean
- iūrgiumLatin
- geschil, vijandige rivaliteit, conflict, strijdDutch
- stridNorwegian
- conflito, disputa, discórdiaPortuguese
- распря, раздорRussian
- stridighet, fejd, tvist, kivSwedish
- ความขัดแย้งThai
- 爭吵Chinese
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