Dictionary Definition
strife
Noun
1 lack of agreement or harmony [syn: discord]
2 bitter conflict; heated often violent
dissension
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -aɪf
Noun
- Violent conflict, usually brief or limited in nature.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
violent conflict
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 衝突, 冲突
- Czech: svár
- Dutch: geschil, vijandige rivaliteit, strijd, conflict
- Finnish: selkkaus, yhteenotto, konflikti
- French: différends m plural
- German: Streit
- Greek: σύγκρουση
- Italian: disputa
- Japanese: 争い
- Korean: 투쟁
- Norwegian: strid
- Portuguese: conflito, disputa, discórdia
- Spanish: distensión
- Hebrew: מדון
Extensive Definition
Strife may refer to:
- Strife, a 1996 computer game.
- Strife, a hardcore band from the United States.
- Strife, a play by John Galsworthy.
- Eris, in Greek mythology the goddess of discord, whose name means 'strife'.
- Strife, A British band from the 1970s.
People named Strife include:
- Jaysin Strife, an American professional wrestler.
Fictional characters named Strife include:
- Strife Astlar, a character from the Soul series games.
- Cloud Strife, the main protagonist in the Final Fantasy VII game.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Kilkenny cats, 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, 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