Strife
[straɪf]
Definition
(noun.) bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension.
Typed by Evangeline--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of striving; earnest endeavor.
(n.) Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts.
(n.) Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle.
(n.) That which is contended against; occasion of contest.
Checker: Presley
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Contention, contest, conflict, struggle, quarrel.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Struggle, contention, contest, animosity, quarrel, wrangle, disagreement,discord, bickering, emulation
ANT:good_will, peace, amity, friendliness
Inputed by Eunice
Definition
n. contention for superiority: struggle for victory: contest: discord.—adj. Strife′ful (Spens.) full of strife contentious discordant—also Strif′ful.
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Examples
- And after this cry and strife the sun may rise and see him worsted. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The distance was nothing, but the power of the sea and wind made the strife deadly. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- For a moment he looked disturbed--I might have foreseen this, he said, what strife will now ensue! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I had an excellent opportunity to examine them, as the strife occasionally brought now one and now another close to where I stood. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Civil disturbance had become a custom in Athens; the fortunes of the city seemed given over to strife of factions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The strife still continues between impenetrable armour plate and irresistible projectiles. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Rather would I submit to the biased judgment of Zat Arras than be the cause of civil strife in Helium. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Soon ends the bitter strife, And thou shalt reign in peace with Christ at length. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Thus, throughout the life of Edison's patents on electric light, power, and distribution, the interminable legal strife has continued from day to day, from year to year. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This accomplished, we arrive at the definition: Heat is a motion, expansive, restrained, and acting in its strife upon the smaller particles of bodies. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- They thought first of a city as a safe place in a time of strife, and of the temple uncritically as a proper feature of the city. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In this strife I have almost repulsed and crushed my better angel into a demon. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I will have no Cain and Abel strife here. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Say it, my father, say the word that will hasten my happiness, and end this unpopular strife. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- You ought to raise me with thoughts of a better life, and elevate me from the petty cares of this world of injustice and strife. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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