strife
pronunciation
How to pronounce strife in British English:
UK [straɪf]
How to pronounce strife in American English:
US [straɪf]
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- Noun:
- lack of agreement or harmony
- bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension
Word Origin
- strife
- strife: see strive
- strife (n.)
- c. 1200, "quarrel, fight, discord," from Old French estrif "fight, battle, combat, conflict; torment, distress; dispute, quarrel," variant of estrit "quarrel, dispute, impetuosity," probably from Frankish *strid "strife, combat" or another Germanic source (compare Old High German strit "quarrel, dispute"), related to Old High German stritan "to fight;" see stride (v.).
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Example
- 1. Everywhere risks lapsing into bouts of chaos and strife .
- 2. Food prices are causing misery and strife around the world .
- 3. Ethnic strife in a multi-ethnic land has been notably absent .
- 4. As the wealth gap yawns , india risks social strife .
- 5. Strife even reaches places like south-east asia where few shias live .