STRIFE meaning: Conflict or struggle between parties

We found 32 dictionaries that define the word strife:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

strife: Merriam-Webster.com
strife: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
strife: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
strife: Collins English Dictionary
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Strife, strife: Wordnik
strife: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
strife: Wiktionary
strife: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
strife: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
strife: Infoplease Dictionary
strife: Dictionary.com
strife: Online Etymology Dictionary
strife: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Strife (MOBA), Strife (band), Strife (game), Strife (play), Strife (song), Strife (video game), Strife: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Strife: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
strife: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
strife: Rhymezone
strife: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
strife: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
strife: Free Dictionary
strife: Mnemonic Dictionary
strife: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
strife: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)

Strife (disambiguation), strife: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

strife: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

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Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

STRIFE: Acronym Finder

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

strife: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
strife: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work.
▸ noun:  Exertion or contention for superiority, either by physical or intellectual means.
▸ noun:  Bitter conflict, sometimes violent.
▸ noun:  (colloquial) A trouble of any kind.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) That which is contended against; occasion of contest.

Similar:

discord, struggle, fight, bate, strain, throe, battle, controversy, friction, agony, more...

Opposite:

peace, harmony, tranquility

Types:

internal, external, class, gender, racial, economic, ideological, international, religious, more...

Phrases:

civil strife, strife torn, strife ridden, trouble and strife, Finland's language strife, more...

Adjectives:

civil, internal, political, religious, internecine, factional, industrial, bitter, racial, domestic, ethnic

Colors:

crimson, charcoal, blood red, ash gray, midnight blue, rust, burnt umber, olive drab, slate gray, burgundy

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