Strife

Definition: Strife

Strife

Noun

1. Lack of agreement or harmony.

2. Bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "strife" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Strife \Strife\, noun. [Old French expression estrif. See Strive.]. (references)

Synonym: Strife

Contention

Noun: contention, strife; contest,

Discord

Polemics; litigation; strife; (contention); warfare; outbreak, open rupture, declaration of war.

Repute

Above all Greek above all Roman fame ; - cineri gloria sera est; "great is the glory for the strife is hard "; honor virtutis praemium; immensum gloria calcar habet; " the glory dies not and the grief is past "; vivit post funera virtus.

Seclusion Exclusion

Among them but not of them ; " and homeless near a thousand homes I stood "; far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife; " makes a solitude and calls it peace "; magna civitas magna solitudo; " never less alone than when alone "; " O sacred solitude! divine retreat! ".

Crosswords: Strife

There's just a song in all the trouble and the strife (Walk Of Life; performing artist: Dire Straits)

A careless word may kindle strife. (references; author: unknown)

Hunger Strife (1960)

Strife of the Party (1944)

A Son of Strife (1918)

Strife (1917)

The Road o' Strife (1915)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Family Life & Other Strife (reference)

• Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: The Strife of Love in a Dream (reference)

• Libya and the United States: Two Centuries of Strife (reference)

• Psychiatric Nursing: Ethical Strife (reference)

• Strife (Sweep, 9) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Trouble And Strife (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Strife - One Truth Live (Winter '95) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Nothin' But Strife [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

• Songs in the Key of Strife [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Strife Dependency And The Pursuit Of Loneliness : Drinking Destroys Dreams / Beth Bevan. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

The strife, between an old hunker, a barnburner and a no party man. Credit: Library of Congress.

Eugene "Bull" Connor, half-length portrait, standing, turned left, facing down, reading press release announcing bi-racial agreement to end racial strife in Birmingham. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Love taught him shame; and shame, with love at strife, Soon taught the sweet civilities of life

The strife of their minds was quelled

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

China suffered massive social strife, economic stagnation, explosive population growth, and Western penetration and influence. (references)

Civil Liberties

Brunei

Until its October meeting, the party appeared to be largely inactive and marked by internal strife. (references)

Latvia

The status of the remaining properties is unclear and is the subject of complicated legal and internal bureaucratic strife. (references)

Iraq

Approximately 12,000 Turkish Kurds who have fled civil strife in southeastern Turkey remain in northern areas controlled by the central Government. (references)

Economic History

United Kingdom

Ireland's invasion by the Anglo-Normans in 1170 led to centuries of strife. (references)

Guyana

Union representation and recognition battles are a major cause of labor strife. (references)

Luxembourg

Its multilingual labor force is efficient, educated, and highly productive; labor strife is minimal. (references)

Human Rights

Lebanon

The Government endorsed the commission report and then Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss called on all families to "accept reality despite its bitterness." However, in December 2000, following the release by the Syrian authorities of an estimated 149 Lebanese detainees from Syrian jails, including some who had been declared dead by the commission, the Government formed a new committee to reexamine the cases of those who had disappeared during the civil strife. (references)

Minorities

Ethiopia

Although no statistics were available, press reports indicated that hundreds of deaths occurred as a result of ethnic strife during the year. (references)

Uganda

Civil strife in the north led to the violation of the rights of members of the Acholi tribe, who largely reside in the northern districts of Gulu and Kitgum. (references)

Political Economy

Eq. Guinea

The threat of political strife continues to be a factor in Equatorial Guinea. (references)

Cyprus

Prior to 1974, Cyprus experienced a long period of inter-communal strife between its Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities. (references)

Indonesia

Inter-communal strife, often with religious overtones, has also flared up in some areas, such as Maluku, Central Sulawesi, and West and Central Kalimantan. (references)

Political Rights

Djibouti

Representatives of both candidates were present in virtually all voting stations, and there was no ethnic strife among Afars, Yemenis, and Somalis. (references)

Trade

Thailand

OPIC insurance can be purchased to cover the following political risks: Currency inconvertibility - the inability to convert profits, debt service and other remittances from local currency into U.S. dollars; Expropriation - the loss of an investment due to expropriation, nationalization or confiscation by a foreign government; Political Violence - the loss of assets or income due to war, revolution, insurrection or politically motivated civil strife, terrorism and sabotage. (references)

India

OPIC offers several programs to insure U.S. investments in emerging markets and developing countries against the following risks: 1) currency inconvertibility - the inability to convert profits, debt service, and other investment remittances from local currency into U.S. dollars; 2) expropriation--the loss of an investment due to expropriation, nationalization, or confiscation by a foreign government; and 3) political violence--the loss of assets or income due to war, revolution, insurrection, or civil strife. (references)

Women

Somalia

Women suffered disproportionately in the civil war and in the strife that followed. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Strife

Expressions using "strife": be at strife with ♦ civil strife ♦ far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. Additional references.

Beginning with "strife": strife-motive, strife-ridden, strife-torn.

Ending with "strife": trouble-and-strife.

Albanian

zënie (affray, blockage, capture, fight, occupancy, occupation, quarrel, wrangling), mosmarrëveshje (conflict, cross-purposes, disaccord, disagreement, discord, disharmony, dissension, dissidence, dissonance, disunion, divergence, divergency, division, friction, incompliance, misunderstanding, variance), luftim (action, battle, combat, correction, engagement, fight, fighting, set to, skirmish, warfare), konflikt (clash, collision, conflict, contravention, dispute), grindje (altercation, bickering, blowup, bobbery, brawl, breach, breeze, broil, contention, contest, disagreement, discord, disputation, dispute, dissension, feud, fight, fray, friction, jar, quarrel, squabble, variance, wrangle). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كفاح (combating, contention, fight, struggle), ‏مناجزة (combat, fighting, struggle), ‏نزاع (contention, contest, controversy, difference, disagreement, discord, discordance, disputation, dispute, division, duel, embroilment, fray, odds, quarrel, question, row, spar, squall, struggle, tangle, variance, wont), ‏نضال (contention, contest, fight, fighting, struggle, warfare), ‏صراع (combat, conflict, contest, fight, hassle, struggle, tussle, warfare, wrestling), ‏خلاف (clash, conflict, contention, contest, controversy, difference, disaccord, disagreement, discord, discordance, dispute, dissension, dissidence, disunion, disunity, division, friction, odds, quarrel, question, variance), ‏الخلاف السياسي, ‏شقاق (discord, dissension, disunity, quarrel, schism). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съперничество (contention, rivalry), спор (altercation, argument, argumentation, contention, contest, contestation, controversy, difference, ding-dong, disputation, dispute, dissension, fight, jar, polemic, rift, run in, variance, velitation, word, words), кавга (altercation, broil, disagreement, doing, dustup, hassle, jangle, odds, quarrel, row, ruffle, rumpus, run in, scrape, set to, shindig, shindy, warm words, wrangle), борба (battle, combat, conflict, contest, ding-dong, fight, fighting, grapple, striving, struggle, war, warfare, wrestle, wrestling). (various references)

Chinese 

爭吵 (dispute), 冲突 (Conflict). (various references)

Czech

svár (contention, discord, feud, quarrel), spor (argument, clash, conflict, contention, controversy, disagreement, discord, dispute, fight, fray, litigation, quarrel, wrangle), rozbroje, hádka (altercation, argument, brawl, brush, bust up, ding-dong, dispute, fight, hassle, quarrel, row, scrap, set to, skirmish, squabble, wrangle). (various references)

Farsi 

نزاع (Affray, Battle, Contention, Discord, Dispute, Fray, Quarrel, Scrap, Scuffle, Spar, Squeal, Tousle, War, Warfare, Wrangle), کشاکش (Conflict, Struggle), تقلا (Agony, Bout, Bustle, Effort, Exertion, Muss, Scrabble, Scramble, Slog, Strain, Stress, Tug, Wrestle), ستیزه (Conflict, Contention, Controversy, Disputation, Dispute, Melee, Quarrel, Squabble), سعی بلیغ (Endeavor), دعوا (Contest, Discord, Quarrel, Squeal). (various references)

Finnish

riitaisuus (controversy, difference, disagreement), kiista (controversy, dispute, quarrel). (various references)

French

querelles, luttes, dissensions, dispute (struggle), différend, conflit. (various references)

German

Unfriede. (various references)

Greek 

πάλη (battle, bout, combat, conflict, fight, grapple, match, struggle, tussle, wrestle, wrestling), αγών (agent, bout, combat, game, heave, spar, struggle, tourney, tug, tussle), διαμάχη (conflict, confrontation, contention, controversy, dispute, scramble). (various references)

Hebrew 

מ�"ן (contention, quarrel), מ�"ון (altercation, contention, dispute, quarrel), מריב�" (contention, discord, quarrel, row), ל�"סתכסך (quarrel, wrangle), לריב (fall out, quarrel, row, squabble), תחרות (competition, contest, game, match, rivalry, stakes, tournament, tourney), ת�'ר�" (affray, conflict, melee, quarrel, scrimmage), קטט�" (affray, altercation, brawl, fight, fray, odds, quarrel, squabble), פולמוס (controversy, disputation, polemics), ריב (conflict, contention, dispute, dissension, fight, odds, quarrel, squabble), סכסוך (altercation, argument, conflict, dispute, feud, quarrel). (various references)

Hungarian

küzdelem (bout, combat, contention, contest, fight, fray, pull, scramble, striving, struggle, tussle), viszály (breach, conflict, contention, controversy, discord, discordance, division, faction, feud, hostility, jarring, variance), harc (action, battle, combat, contention, contest, engagement, fight, fray, set-to, striving, struggle, war). (various references)

Italian

contesa (argument, competition, contention, contest, difference, feud), conflitto (collision, conflict, conflicting, contention). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

闘争 (conflict), �'動 (rebellion, riot), 紛争 (dispute, trouble). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そうどう (humble abode, monks cell, rebellion, riot, temple meditation hall or certain other temple structures, thatched hut), そうとう (cleaning up, complete annihilation, double-headed, fair, generalissimo, hitting upon, mopping up, president, proper, struggle, suitable, sweeping or mopping up, sweeping up, thinking of, tolerable), ふ�"そう (disguise, dispute, get-up, make-up, trouble), あつれき (discord, friction), あらそい (conflict, contest, dispute, dissension, quarrel, rivalry), とうそう (chilblains, conflict, desertion, escape, faction, flight, frostbite, smallpox, variola). (various references)

Korean 

투쟁 (Conflicting, struggle). (various references)

Manx

streeu (altercate; striving, altercation, conflict, contend, contention, contest, cope, disagree, discord, disputation, encounter, endeavour, flare up, scuffle, squabble, strive, variance), musthaa (bustle, carry on, display, excitement, flap, fluster, fuss, hullabaloo, muster, pomposity, pompousness, row, rumpus, shindy, stir, tumult), boirey (aggrieve, annoy, bother, care, confuse, confusion, disconcert, disrupt, disruption, distract, distraction, disturb, embarrass, embarrassment, heartache, madden, molestation, niggle, nuisance, perplex, perturb, perturbation, pester, preoccupy, put upon, row, trouble, vex, worrier, worry), anvea (contention, fuss, perplexity, turbulence, unease). (various references)

Pig Latin

ifestray.(various references)

Portuguese

questão (affair, broil, brush, business, business deal, case, difference, disagreement, dissemblance, earmark, fortuity, issue, litigation, matter, proposition, quarrel, query, question, scene, wrangle), porfia, luta (action, assault, brush, campaign, combat, conflict, contest, encounter, fight, fighting, fray, grapple, scuffle, set-to, struggle, tussle, war, wrestling), discussão (agitation, argument, canvass, controversy, debate, deliberation, discussion, disputation, quarrel, scene, skirmish, talk, ventilation, words, wrangle), contenda (bicker, contention, controversy, dispute, duel, feud, quarrel, row, scramble, scrimmage, squabble, struggle, tussle), conflito (chunking, clash, collision, concurrence, conflict, encounter, skirmish, war), briga (affray, bicker, close, fight, fray, gale, grapple, melee, noise, ruffle, scuffle, struggle, wrangle). (various references)

Romanian

vrajbã (dissension, enmity, ill blood, quarrel, split), luptã (action, affair, battle, combat, contest, efforts, encounter, engagement, fight, fighting, match, mix up, quarrel, Stour, striving, struggle, war, warfare), disputã (close contest, contention, contest, contestation, controversy, disputation, dispute, duet, issue, splutter), diferend (dispute), conflict (clash, collision, conflict, dispute, encounter, fray, friction, jar, quarrel, struggle, war), competiţie (bout, competition, contest, event, match, meeting), ceartã (altercation, Bicker, bobbery, brawl, breeze, broil, conflict, contention, controversy, discord, discussion, dispute, dissension, friction, jangle, loggerhead, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, scrap, set to, squabble, squall, Stour, tussle, wrangle), cârcotã (discord, dispute, wrangle), întrecere (competition, contention, drive, emulation, meeting). (various references)

Russian 

спор (argument, argumentation, breeze, chaffer, contention, contest, controversy, disputation, dispute, dustup, row, splutter, wrangle), распря (discord), борьба (action, battle, contestation, fight, fighting, fray, scuffle, struggle, tussle, wrestle, wrestling). (various references)

Scottish

streup , strèapaid, strì, srabhard, utag, ùtag, uspairn, gleac (a wrestle, fight, strive, struggle, wrestle, wrestling), farpuis (competition, contention, contest), fachail, caonnag (fight, fray, skirmish), cònspaid (dispute), arabhaig, aisith. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

razdor (discord, dissension), nesloga (disaccord, discord, disharmony, division). (various references)

Spanish

lucha (battle, contestation, cut, death-feud, fight, fighting, fray, grapple, scramble, scuffle, set to, struggle, tug of war, tussle, wrestling), disputa (argument, bicker, bickering, contention, debate, disputation, dispute, fight, haggling, wrangle), disensión (dissension, dissent), contienda (bout, contend, contention, contest, struggle). (various references)

Swedish

tvist (contention, contestation, controversy, dispute, feud, quarrel), kiv (hassle, quarrel, scramble, squabble, wrangle). (various references)

Turkish

kavga (affray, brawl, brawling, broil, bust up, conflict, contention, dispute, feud, fight, fighting, fray, jangle, jar, kick up, miff, odds, punch-up, quarrel, row, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, set to, shooting match, tilt, unpleasantness, wrangle), ihtilaf (controversy, difference, disagreement, discord, dispute, dissension, disunion, disunity, scission), bozuşma (disagreement, dissension, embroilment, quarrel, rent, split), anlaşmazlık (conflict, controversy, disaccord, disagreement, discord, discordance, dissension, disunion, disunity, divided counsel, division, embroilment, fight, friction, imbroglio, incompatiblity, mix up, odds, quarrel, run in), çekişme (bickering, chaffer, cliffhanger, competition, conflict, contention, contest, contestation, controversy, debate, duel, fight, quarreling, rivalry, tug of war). (various references)

Ukrainian

зусилля (effort, energies, exertion, fetch, nisus, pains, push, stress, struggle, tug), змагання (competition, emulation, games, meet, meeting, try out), боротьба (battle, campaign, combat, debate, effort, fight, fighting, grapple, struggle, tussle, war, warfare, wrestle, wrestling). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự xung đột (collision, conflict, contrariety). (various references)

Welsh

ymryson (affray, altercation, broil, contend, contention, rivalry, strive), cynnen (contention), cynfyl (contention), cyfrysedd (battle, conflict). (various references)

�en-�en. (various references)

altercatio, concertatio, jurgium, seditio, seditione, seditionem, seditiones, seditionibus, seditionis. (various references)

peshanâhu. (various references)

orlege. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "strife": strifeless, strifes. (additional references)

Words ending with "strife": loosestrife. (additional references)

Words containing "strife": loosestrifes. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Strife" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Estrie, Schriften, Scryfa, serifed, Sotiroff, Srifi, stief, stife, strafer, strafy, stribe, strief, strifed, strift, strile, strine, strite, struf, trief, trife. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: refits, resift, rifest, sifter.

-1 letter: feist, fires, first, frets, fries, frise, frits, refit, reifs, rifts, rites, serif, tiers, tires, tries.

-2 letters: efts, erst, fets, fire, firs, fist, fits, fret, frit, ires, refs, reft, reif, reis, rest, rets, rife, rifs, rift, rise, rite, seif, serf, sift, sire, site, stir, tier, ties, tire, tref.

-3 letters: efs, eft, ers, fer, fet.

+1 letter: fairest, filters, firmest, fitters, forties, frisket, fritzes, fustier, lifters, presift, resifts, shifter, sifters, snifter, stiffer, stifler, strifes, surfeit, swifter, titfers, trifles.

+2 letters: briefest, drifters, esterify, fainters, feistier, ferities, ferniest, ferrites, fewtrils, fiercest, fieriest, fighters, filberts, filister, firepots, fixtures, flirters, flitters, flytiers, forfeits, forkiest, frailest, freights, fremitus, frigates, frisette, friskets, fritters, frostier, fruiters, furriest, furziest, grifters, infester, outfires, pieforts, postfire, presifts, ratifies, redshift, reefiest, refights, resifted, riftless, rotifers, setiform, shifters, shiftier, snifters, spitfire, stiflers, stuffier, surfeits, surfiest, swifters, trefoils, triflers, turfiest.