domestic strife

Fighting at home

Domestic strife is conflict within a household—arguments, tension, or discord between family members or partners.

The phrase often appears in news reports or formal contexts: The children were affected by years of domestic strife.

It can range from ongoing disagreements to situations involving abuse or violence.

Related

walking on eggshells · silent treatment · conflict · divorce · trial separation · irreconcilable differences · separation · bickering · shouting · silence · resentment · betrayal · infidelity · slamming · tears · custody · custody battle · family court

Opposites
household harmony vs. conflict

domestic strifemarital bliss

Happiness within wedlock

domestic harmony · domestic tranquility · family harmony · domestic bliss · marital harmony

Family

domestic, strife, domestics, domestically, domesticate, domesticated, domesticates, domesticating, domestication

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG