feuds
Long-running bitter disputes
Feuds are prolonged, bitter quarrels or conflicts, typically between families, clans, or rival groups.
A blood feud involves cycles of revenge killings.
The word extends to any ongoing hostile relationship: The two senators have feuded for years.
Celebrity feuds play out in tabloids and on social media.
To feud is to carry on such a conflict.
Prolonged retaliatory conflict
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- generationsPeople born around same time
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
grudge · dynasty · kinship · patriarch · matriarch · honor · legacy · ancestral
Verbal clash over differences
- quarrelAngry verbal dispute
- rivalryOngoing contest between opponents
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
enmity · strife · antagonism · bitter · longstanding · escalation · retaliation · vengeance
Dissenting internal groups
- partisanBiased toward one side
- rivalsThose who compete
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- power struggleContest for dominance
coalition · allies · backstabbing · betrayal · intrigue · Congress · internal · party
Sensationalist newspaper format
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
- beefBovine meat for eating
- dissInsult, in slang
- TwitterMicroblogging social network
social media · public · Hollywood · infamous · notorious · headlines · paparazzi · fans
Civil court proceeding
- litigationLegal dispute process
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- boundaryLine marking a limit
- estateProperty and grounds
will · contested · court · settlement · arbitration · mediation · damages · injunction
vendetta
Prolonged retaliatory conflict
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- generationsPeople born around same time
inheritance · grudge · dynasty · kinship · patriarch · matriarch · honor · legacy · ancestral · lineage
dispute
Verbal clash over differences
- quarrelAngry verbal dispute
- rivalryOngoing contest between opponents
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
animosity · enmity · strife · antagonism · bitter · longstanding · escalation · retaliation · vengeance · grievance
factions
Dissenting internal groups
- partisanBiased toward one side
- rivalsThose who compete
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
power struggle · coalition · allies · backstabbing · betrayal · intrigue · Congress · internal · party · leadership
tabloid
Sensationalist newspaper format
Twitter · social media · public · Hollywood · infamous · notorious · headlines · paparazzi · fans · sides
lawsuit
Civil court proceeding
- litigationLegal dispute process
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- boundaryLine marking a limit
estate · will · contested · court · settlement · arbitration · mediation · damages · injunction · territorial
- conflictsargument, fight, war, battle, dispute
- Clanclansman, clansmen, clanswoman, chieftain, kinship ties
- Westernscowboys, western, outlaws, sheriffs, western novels
- celebritycelebs, stardom, A-list, A-listers, movie stars
- celebrity newscelebrity gossip, paparazzi, tabloids, TMZ, E! News
- family dramafamily bonds, sibling rivalry, family reunion, kinship, family secret
feudsfriendships
Voluntary affectionate relationships
alliances · partnerships · harmonies · reconciliations · camaraderie
feudsreconciliations
Restorations of friendly relations
peace · truces · ceasefires · armistices · rapprochements
feudsalliances
Formal unions for cooperation
pacts · treaties · unions · coalitions · confederacies
- 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
feud, feuding, feudal, feudalism, feuded, feudalistic, feudally