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strife

/stɹaɪf/noun1 syllable

Strife means: lack of agreement or harmony.

Synonyms for strife7

noun, as in lack of agreement or harmony

discord

also used for strife

altercation, contention, wrangle, conflict, dissension, struggle

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What does strife mean?2

noun

1

lack of agreement or harmony

2

bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with strife?5

one syllable

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Strife in a sentence

  • Marriage, in peace, is this world's paradise; in strife, this life's purgatory.Zifre
  • Jealousy and strife have overthrown great cities, and rooted up mighty nations.ddnktr
  • Strife is the rock on which the party split.unknown
  • Finances are traditionally the biggest cause of strife in a relationship.Hybrid
  • My strife for learning archaic words has no demarcation.frzzl
  • This is nothing other than stirring up ethnic strife.AlanF_US
  • This level of inequality is bound to lead to social strife.araneo
  • Unconscionable Love, bane and tormentor of mankind, parent of strife, fountain of tears, source of a thousand ills.Hybrid

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Forms of strife

as a noun

plural
strifes