Strife

Noun

 * 1) Violent conflict, usually brief or limited in nature.

Synonyms

 * conflict, contention, discord

Derived terms

 * trouble and strife

Adjectives for Strife
unprofitable; elemental; deadly; stern; sexual; frivolous; murderous; fragrant; patient; sacrificial; noble; ambiguous; harmonious; domestic; continued;  fruitful party; barren; unceasing; eternal; vain inward; harmless; civil; victorious; bloody dying; absorbing; ignoble; midnight; surging; household; languid; sordid; political ineffectual; harsh; expiring; constant; idle inevitable; whirlwind; turbulent; industrial uncongenial; tortured; feverish; unselfish victorious; convulsive; theological; varied bitter; selfish; inhuman; classic; dawning spiritual; perpetual; unreposing; useless foolish.

Verbs for Strife
avert—; maneuver—; perpetuate—; plague with—; renew—; stir up—; —afflicts; — breaks out; —breeds; —brings; —dissolves; —flares; —harasses; —locks; —prolongs; — racks; —seethes; —surges; —tears.

Thesaurus
Kilkenny cats, altercation, animosity, antagonism, arguing, argument, bad blood, bicker, bickering, blood feud, brawl, broil, cat-and-dog life, combat, competition, conflict, contention, contentiousness, contest, contestation, controversy, cut and thrust, debate, difference, disagreement, discord, disharmony, disputation, dispute, dissension, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, embroilment, enmity, feud, fight, fighting, fliting, fracas, friction, fuss, hard feelings, hatred, hostility, ill will, imbroglio, litigation, logomachy, open quarrel, paper war, polemic, quarrel, quarreling, quarrelsomeness, rivalry, scrapping, sharp words, slanging match, snarl, spat, squabble, squabbling, struggle, tiff, tussle, unfriendliness, vendetta, war, war of words, warfare, words, wrangle, wrangling

Etymology
estrif:, from undefined:, ultimately of  origin, compare German Streit:.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto: malpaco
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: différends m plural
 * German:
 * Greek: διαμάχη, διαπάλη,  αλληλοσπαραγμός


 * Gujarati: હિંસક તોફાન,ઝઘડો,
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 争い
 * Korean: 투쟁
 * Latin:
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * West Frisian: strijf, striid

Anagrams

 * firste, refits, resift, rifest, sifter