to feud

Examples

• All

• His family had been feuding with the DuMonts for generations.

  Fiction book (2001)

• He's said to be feuding with his beleaguered coach... ...who's being investigated for hitting Jack Rose... ...earlier this week at practice.

  Any Given Sunday (1999)

• The sister she had feuded with most of her life.

  Fiction book (2002)

• But certainly online people get rewarded probably more for feuding than they do for being friendly.

• They've been feuding ever since.

  15 Till Midnight (2010)

• Dear Tatiana, I'm sorry you and your mother are feuding.

  Dear Dictator (2018)

• Pamela and Patty Kay had been feuding for months over some of the estate property their parents had left them.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Even now, Vinh Village and Quang Village are still feuding with each other.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Two politicians, Aristius and Aristippus, were feuding in Argos.

• Unfortunately, Skeggi and Poror are feuding, and Skeggi is quite reluctant to bring Asbjorn's suit to Poror.

  Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

A

to argue

vsto feud

607 1.1

To speak angrily with someone because you disagree

is more prolonged and bitter than a brief angry talk

B

to battle

vsto feud

372 2.7

To fight against someone or something for a long time

is a verbal long bitter dispute rather than physical struggle

C

to clash

vsto feud

46 3.1

To disagree strongly with another person or group

is usually more bitter and longer than a single forceful disagreement

B

to butt heads

vsto feud

• Informal

13 6.3

To argue strongly with each other

is more enduring and bitter than brief confrontational disagreements

H

to have words

vsto feud

• Informal

11 6.9

Talk angrily to someone because of a disagreement

is a longer lasting bitter dispute rather than one exchange

W

to wrangle

vsto feud

6 6.8

To argue loudly for a long time

is a long and bitter dispute rather than noisy arguing

H

to have a quarrel

vsto feud

2 2.8

Argue with someone and feel angry or upset afterward

is longer and more bitter than a simple falling out

A

to altercate

vsto feud

• Formal

9.9

To argue angrily, often for a long time or in public

is a long bitter dispute rather than a formal argument

Antonyms

M

to make amends

55 3.4

To do something to fix a mistake and show you are sorry

R

to reconcile

38 5.1

To become friendly again after a disagreement

Compounds

B

blood feud

• NSFW

7 8.2

A long violent conflict between families or groups who kill for revenge

F

family feud

7 3.9

A long, bitter fight between relatives that lasts for years

How Bitter

to feud

16 5.6

to quarrel

35 2.6

to argue

607 1.1

to disagree

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology