STRIFE

strife

(noun) bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension

discord, strife

(noun) lack of agreement or harmony

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

strife (countable and uncountable, plural strifes)

Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work.

Exertion or contention for superiority, either by physical or intellectual means.

Bitter conflict, sometimes violent.

Synonyms: altercation, contention, discord, wrangle

(colloquial) A trouble of any kind.

(obsolete) That which is contended against; occasion of contest.

Anagrams

• Fister, firest, firste, fister, freits, refits, resift, rifest, sifter

Source: Wiktionary

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Strife, n. Etym: [OF. estrif. See Strive.]

1. The act of striving; earnest endeavor. [Archaic] Shak.

2. Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts. Doting about questions and strifes of words. 1 Tim. vi. 4. Thus gods contended -- noble strife -Who most should ease the wants of life. Congreve.

3. Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle. Twenty of them fought in this black strife. Shak. These vows, thus granted, raised a strife above Betwixt the god of war and queen of love. Dryden.

4. That which is contended against; occasion of contest. [Obs.] "Lamenting her unlucky strife." Spenser.

Syn.

– Contest; struggle; quarrel. See Contention.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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