feud
Prolonged bitter dispute
A feud is a prolonged, bitter conflict between parties—families, clans, or individuals.
The Hatfields and McCoys waged a famous feud in Appalachia.
Feuds involve cycles of retaliation: one offense provokes another, escalating hostility over generations or years.
The word now applies loosely to any sustained rivalry: a feud between rappers, a Twitter feud.
To feud is to carry on such a conflict.
Prolonged retaliatory conflict
- vengeanceRetaliation for injury
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
- reprisalPunitive action in return
payback · settling scores · eye for an eye · revenge killing · honor killing · cycle of violence · blood debt · avenger
Angry verbal dispute
- conflictOpposition between parties
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
altercation · row · falling out · rift · spat · squabble · contention · controversy
Active, bitter hostility
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
bitterness · rancor · acrimony · ill will · bad blood · spite · malice · enmity
Struggle for supremacy
- opponentsThose who compete against
- adversariesThose who oppose you
- enemiesHostile opposing parties
- foesHostile opponents
nemesis · arch-rival · turf war · territory · competitive · one-upmanship · face-off · showdown
Verona's feuding clan
- War of the RosesEnglish throne succession conflict
- LancasterEnglish dynasty, fifteenth century
- YorkHistoric English city
- BorgiasCorrupt Renaissance clan
Capulets · Tudors · Plantagenets · Habsburgs · clan warfare · highland clans · medieval · dynastic
Sequence of fictional events
- heelFoot's rear underside
- faceHead's anterior surface
- heatTransferred thermal energy
- angleGeometric measure of rotation
promo · grudge match · cage match · no holds barred · hardcore · worked · program · blowoff
Related group sharing ancestry
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- kinshipState of being related
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
inheritance · patriarch · matriarch · sibling rivalry · disinheritance · succession · estate dispute · generational
vendetta
Prolonged retaliatory conflict
- vengeanceRetaliation for injury
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
reprisal · payback · settling scores · eye for an eye · revenge killing · honor killing · cycle of violence · blood debt · avenger · nemesis
quarrel
Angry verbal dispute
- conflictOpposition between parties
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
clash · altercation · row · falling out · rift · spat · squabble · contention · controversy · wrangle
animosity
Active, bitter hostility
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
antagonism · bitterness · rancor · acrimony · ill will · bad blood · spite · malice · enmity · grudge
competition
Struggle for supremacy
- opponentsThose who compete against
- adversariesThose who oppose you
- enemiesHostile opposing parties
foes · nemesis · arch-rival · turf war · territory · competitive · one-upmanship · face-off · showdown · battle
Montagues
Verona's feuding clan
- War of the RosesEnglish throne succession conflict
- LancasterEnglish dynasty, fifteenth century
- YorkHistoric English city
Capulets · Borgias · Tudors · Plantagenets · Habsburgs · clan warfare · highland clans · medieval · dynastic
storyline
Sequence of fictional events
angle · promo · grudge match · cage match · no holds barred · hardcore · worked · program · blowoff · rubber match
clan
Related group sharing ancestry
bloodline · inheritance · patriarch · matriarch · sibling rivalry · disinheritance · succession · estate dispute · generational · ancestral
- conflictclash, fight, war, battle, dispute
- disputesargument, beef, bicker, clash, conflict
- Feudsgrudge, vendetta, rivalry, bad blood, bitter rivalry
- reality TVSurvivor, contestant, The Bachelor, elimination, The Bachelorette
- rivalriesenemy, nemesis, derby, opponent, competitor
- soap operassoap opera, telenovela, melodrama, cliffhanger, amnesia
feudfriendship
Bond of mutual affection
alliance · harmony · peace · amity · comradeship
feudreconciliation
Restoration of friendly relations
peace · truce · rapprochement · pacification · armistice
- family feudProlonged conflict between relatives
- feudal lordLand-granting medieval ruler
- feuding familiesRelated groups in prolonged conflict
- blood feudInherited cycle of retribution
- feudal systemMedieval land-loyalty arrangement
- celebrity feudPublic conflict between famous people
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