📖 Definitions of "Feud"
- 1
A state of long-standing mutual hostility.
"You couldn't call it a feud exactly, but there had always been a chill between Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods."
- 2
A staged rivalry between wrestlers.
- 3
A combination of kindred to avenge injuries or affronts, done or offered to any of their blood, on the offender and all his race.
- 1
To carry on a feud.
"The two men began to feud after one of them got a job promotion and the other thought he was more qualified."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Feud"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| vendettanoun | A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud. |
| disputenoun | An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree. |
| contestnoun | (countable) A competition. |
| quarrelnoun | (countable) A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal). |
| bickeringnoun | Petty quarreling. |
| conflictnoun | A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals. |
| strifenoun | Bitter conflict, sometimes violent. |
| hostilenoun | (chiefly in the plural) An enemy. |
| enmitynoun | A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity. |
| antagonismnoun | A strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy. |
| animositynoun | Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike. |
| hostilitynoun | (uncountable) The state of being hostile. |
| revengenoun | Any form of personal, retaliatory action against an individual, institution, or group for some alleged or perceived harm or injustice. |
| vengeancenoun | Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong. |
| hatrednoun | A strong aversion; an intense dislike. |
| fraynoun | (countable) A noisy commotion, especially resulting from fighting; a brawl, a fight; also, a loud quarrel. |
| sprinternoun | One who sprints. |
| clashnoun | Opposition; contradiction; such as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes etc. |
| warnoun | (uncountable) Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually but not always involving active engagement of military forces. |
| argumentnoun | (countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason. |
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