Feud

Noun

 * 1) A state of long-standing mutual hostility.
 * 2) (professional wrestling slang) In professional wrestling, when two rival wrestlers engage in a series of matches; often has an angle tied to it.

Verb

 * 1)  To carry on a feud.

Noun

 * 1) An estate granted to a vassal by a feudal lord in exchange for service

Adjectives for Feud
fatal; fresh; bitter; fruitful; private; lasting; internal; dismal; revamped; primeval; mutual; tribal; relentless; grim; long-standing; age-long; nasty; murderous; deadly; domestic; personal; ancient; futile; hereditary.

Synonyms for Feud
fee, fief, quarrel, row, strife, enmity, bitterness, animosity, dissension, hostility, dispute, controversy, brawl, affray, broil, antagonism, vendetta, contest, altercation, wrangle, bickering, disagreement, argument.

Antonyms for Feud
peace, fraternity, brotherhood, friendliness, calm, repose, tranquility, order, harmony, concord, love, confidence, esteem, regard.

Related terms

 * blood feud

Thesaurus
acrimony, adverse possession, alodium, altercate, altercation, animosity, animus, antagonism, argument, avengement, bad blood, battle, bicker, bickering, bitter feeling, bitterness, blood feud, box, brawl, broil, burgage, claim, clash, close, collide, colony, combat, come to blows, conflict, contend, contention, contest, controversy, copyhold, cut and thrust, de facto, de jure, dependency, derivative title, differ, disagree, disagreement, discord, dispute, dissension, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, duel, embroilment, enmity, equitable estate, estate at sufferance, estate for life, estate for years, estate in expectancy, estate in fee, estate in possession, estate tail, estrangement, exchange blows, fall out, falling-out, fee, fee fief, fee position, fee simple, fee simple absolute, fee simple conditional, fee simple defeasible, fee simple determinable, fee tail, fence, feod, feodum, feudal estate, fief, fiefdom, fight, fight a duel, flite, fliting, fracas, frankalmoign, free socage, freehold, fuss, gavelkind, getting even, give and take, give satisfaction, grapple, grapple with, grudge, hard feelings, hatred, have words, having title to, hold, holding, hostility, ill blood, ill feeling, ill will, imbroglio, join issue, jostle, joust, knight service, lay fee, lease, leasehold, legal claim, legal estate, legal possession, logomachy, mandate, mix it up, occupancy, occupation, open quarrel, original title, owning, paramount estate, particular estate, polemic, possessing, possession, preoccupancy, preoccupation, prepossession, prescription, property, property rights, proprietary rights, quarrel, rancor, rassle, remainder, reprisal, retaliation, revanche, revanchism, revenge, reversion, riot, rivalry, row, run a tilt, run-in, scramble, scuffle, seisin, set to, sharp words, skirmish, slanging match, snarl, socage, soreness, sourness, spar, spat, squabble, squatting, strife, strive, struggle, sublease, sweet revenge, tenancy, tenantry, tenure, tenure in chivalry, thrust and parry, tiff, tilt, title, tourney, tussle, underlease, undertenancy, usucapion, vendetta, vengeance, venom, vested estate, villein socage, villeinhold, villenage, virulence, vitriol, wage war, war, words, wrangle, wrestle

Etymology 1
From feide:, fede:, from  fehida: (German Fehde:), from. The cognate Old English word was fæhþu:; the word corresponds formally to foe: + -th:.

Alternative forms

 * fede

Etymology 2
From feodum:.

Alternative forms

 * feod

Noun

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 爭執, 争执
 * French: querelle


 * German: ,
 * Japanese: 確執
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: rivalidad


 * Old English:
 * Telugu: తగాదా (tagAdA)

Verb

 * German: befehden


 * Russian:

Noun

 * Czech:
 * German:


 * Scots:

Related terms

 * feudal
 * feudalism