feud
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4.2
- noun
- /fjuːd/
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enemistad
- "Politics and these silly feuds between our cities claim too many lives, if you ask me."
- a family feud
- a blood feud
- a bitter feud
It's crazy how like recent and real the feud between the two countries are.
- It's crazy how like recent and real the feud between the two countries are.
- The Yanimamo are famous for just having never ending feuds with each other.
- But my argument is this is a public feud.
- Speaking of Donald Trump, yesterday I told you folks about the feud between Donald Trump and Nordstrom's.
- It's land, it's water, it's feuds between grandparents that have echoed down the generations.
- Weren't we talking about Thyeuteric and Lothar Clothar and their feud?
- The first one that springs to mind for me is the tatty Westbrook and James Charles feud.
- Eddie reveals his feud and the betrayal of thought.
- And you know, I, I never ever took any of those corporate feuds or made a corporate food.
- And my brother was like, in this, like embroid, like in this feud, basically with this kid.
- Also, like now they're on a TikTok like public feud of like who who's out of who's league?
Examples
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An alien blood feud has been brought to our shores for which our soldiers are paying the price.
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Science and religion have had a nasty running feud for centuries on Earth.
Fiction book (2001) -
I'm afraid it's created a blood feud between them.
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I will not let you use my agency to settle your blood feud.
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Until recently, my grandfather had been involved in a feud over Five Queen's Road.
Fiction book (1995) -
My first film, Shotgun Stories, follows a feud between two sets of half brothers and the violence escalates.
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But the family feud began to threaten Ankara and its interests in Syria.
Academic text (2015) -
Their rivalry, one of the most notorious scientific feuds in history, became known as the Bone Wars.
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It's land, it's water, it's feuds between grandparents that have echoed down the generations.
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Everyone in town knows about the feud between the local sheriff and the local brothel owner.
Synonyms
675
2.4
A strong argument between people or groups, often public
397
2.3
A serious disagreement between people or groups over ideas
384
3.0
A serious argument about something important that lasts a long time
290
2.9
A serious fight between groups to gain control
58
6.6
Serious disagreement and fighting among people
57
9.5
A long bitter fight between families or groups for revenge that often leads to violence
34
5.4
A serious break between people or groups that causes conflict
34
6.5
A strong disagreement between people or groups
26
5.6
Strong disagreement between people or groups
16
6.7
A long heated argument about a specific issue
15
6.2
A long angry argument in public between opposing groups
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8.2
A long violent conflict between families or groups who kill for revenge
7
3.9
A long, bitter fight between relatives that lasts for years
7
4.0
Tension between people or groups that causes disagreement
1
7.4
Fighting between two countries or groups during a war
A disagreement between ideas, people, or interests
Antonyms
Compounds
How Bitter
Surface Forms
Etymology
Feud comes from old words about 'land' and 'property', the same root you see in feudal and fief; because families often fought over land or rights, a feud came to mean a long and bitter quarrel.