'Strife' definitions:
Definition of 'strife'
(from WordNet)
noun
Lack of agreement or harmony [syn: discord, strife]
noun
Bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension
Definition of 'Strife'
From: GCIDE
- Strife \Strife\, n. [OF. estrif. See Strive.]
- 1. The act of striving; earnest endeavor. [Archaic] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts. [1913 Webster]
- Doting about questions and strifes of words. --1 Tim. vi. 4. [1913 Webster]
- Thus gods contended -- noble strife Who most should ease the wants of life. --Congreve. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle. [1913 Webster]
- Twenty of them fought in this black strife. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- These vows, thus granted, raised a strife above Betwixt the god of war and queen of love. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. That which is contended against; occasion of contest. [Obs.] "Lamenting her unlucky strife." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Contest; struggle; quarrel. See Contention. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'strife'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- altercation,
- animosity,
- antagonism,
- arguing,
- argument,
- bad blood,
- bicker,
- bickering,
- blood feud,
- brawl,
- broil,
- cat-and-dog life,
- combat,
- competition,
- conflict,
- contention,
- contentiousness,
- contest,
- contestation,
- controversy,
- cut and thrust,
- debate,
- difference,
- disagreement,
- discord,
- disharmony,
- disputation,
- dispute,
- dissension,
- donnybrook,
- donnybrook fair,
- embroilment,
- enmity,
- feud,
- fight,
- fighting,
- fliting,
- fracas,
- friction,
- fuss,
- hard feelings,
- hatred,
- hostility,
- ill will,
- imbroglio,
- Kilkenny cats,
- litigation,
- logomachy,
- open quarrel,
- paper war,
- polemic,
- quarrel,
- quarreling,
- quarrelsomeness,
- rivalry,
- scrapping,
- sharp words,
- slanging match,
- snarl,
- spat,
- squabble,
- squabbling,
- struggle,
- tiff,
- tussle,
- unfriendliness,
- vendetta,
- war,
- war of words,
- warfare,
- words,
- wrangle,
- wrangling