strife C2+ Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /straɪf/ UK /straɪf/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun angry or bitter conflict or disagreement Years of civil strife had torn the small nation apart. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · angry or bitter conflict or... conflictdiscordcontentionfrictiondissensionquarrelingfeud ↔ Opposites peaceharmonyaccordconcord Word family Derived forms strifefulstrifeless Related forms strive Etymology AI details From Middle English strif, from Old French estrif ('strife, quarrel, combat'), probably of Germanic origin and related to estriver ('to strive'). estrif Old French View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # strife **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /straɪf/ **IPA (UK):** /straɪf/ ## Meanings 1. angry or bitter conflict or disagreement ## Examples - Years of civil strife had torn the small nation apart. ## Synonyms - conflict - discord - contention - friction - dissension - quarreling - feud ## Antonyms - peace - harmony - accord - concord ## Derived Forms - strifeful - strifeless ## Related Forms - strive ## Roots and Affixes - Root: estrif ## Etymology From Middle English strif, from Old French estrif ('strife, quarrel, combat'), probably of Germanic origin and related to estriver ('to strive'). ## AI Etymology Strife is from Middle English strif, from Old French estrif ('strife, quarrel, combat'), probably of Germanic origin and related to estriver ('to strive'). Important recorded forms include estrif (Old French). The wording preserves that uncertainty: the older history is best read as a cautious account rather than a fully settled chain. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers angry or bitter conflict or disagreement. The wider family includes derived forms such as strifeful and strifeless and related words such as strive. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown