Strife: meaning, example and synonyms
Strifen. Angry or bitter disagreement and conflict between people or groups.
Example
Years of strife over grazing rights had so divided the valley that neighboring families no longer attended the same harvest festival.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Synonyms
- conflict, discord, friction, dissension
- Antonyms
- harmony, concord, peace, accord
- Memory tip
- Strife sounds like strive: everyone striving against each other.
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Check yourself: Strife in context
The labor historian describes a decade of ______ in the mill towns, marked by bitter strikes, lockouts and rival unions that refused even to share a meeting hall.
Answer: strife. Bitter strikes, lockouts and feuding unions are conflict: strife. Dispersion (scattering), dexterity (skill) and a foible (minor quirk) don't describe bitter conflict.
Once the inheritance was announced, years of ______ divided the siblings, who quarreled through lawyers over every painting and parcel of land their parents had left behind.
Answer: strife. Siblings quarreling bitterly through lawyers is strife. A contrivance is a clever device, dispersion is scattering and dexterity is skill; none means bitter quarreling.