strife
Ongoing bitter conflict
Strife is bitter conflict or discord, especially prolonged antagonism between people or groups.
The word suggests deeper hostility than mere disagreement: marital strife, civil strife, The region has been torn by ethnic strife for decades.
Strife is somewhat literary—conflict, tension, or trouble often substitute in everyday speech.
Struggle for supremacy
- adversariesThose who oppose you
- opponentsThose who compete against
- contendersThose seeking to win
- foesHostile opponents
enemies · competitors · feud · vendetta · grudge match · showdown · face-off · confrontation
Active, bitter hostility
- bickeringPetty verbal sparring
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
- disharmonyAbsence of agreement
- dissensionConflict within a group
friction · hostility · infighting · quarrel · squabble · wrangling · acrimony · rancor
Armed struggle between groups
- battleArmed military engagement
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- fightingEngaging in physical conflict
- hostilitiesActive armed fighting
clash · skirmish · warfare · bloodshed · confrontation · struggle · engagement · fray
Complete disorder and confusion
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- disorderAbsence of organization
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
tumult · pandemonium · bedlam · havoc · commotion · disruption · turbulence · mayhem
State of public disturbance
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
mutiny · revolution · protest · resistance · civil war · coup · insurrection · sedition
competition
Struggle for supremacy
- adversariesThose who oppose you
- opponentsThose who compete against
- contendersThose seeking to win
foes · enemies · competitors · feud · vendetta · grudge match · showdown · face-off · confrontation · clash
animosity
Active, bitter hostility
- bickeringPetty verbal sparring
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
- disharmonyAbsence of agreement
dissension · friction · hostility · infighting · quarrel · squabble · wrangling · acrimony · rancor · bad blood
war
Armed struggle between groups
hostilities · clash · skirmish · warfare · bloodshed · confrontation · struggle · engagement · fray · melee
chaos
Complete disorder and confusion
instability · tumult · pandemonium · bedlam · havoc · commotion · disruption · turbulence · mayhem · ferment
unrest
State of public disturbance
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
insurgency · mutiny · revolution · protest · resistance · civil war · coup · insurrection · sedition · agitation
stress
Pressure, mental or vocal
anxiety · friction · apprehension · suspense · standoff · stalemate · impasse · brinkmanship · deadlock · escalation
- conflictsargument, fight, war, battle, dispute
- disputesargument, beef, bicker, clash, conflict
- sectarianismsectarianism, sectarian, sect, schism, schismatic
- conflictclash, fight, war, battle, dispute
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- adversitystruggle, hardship, challenge, obstacle, difficulty
- strive forAttempt to attain
- marital strifeConflict between spouses
- domestic strifeConflict within a household
- internal strifeConflict within an organization
- civil strifeViolent internal division
- strive towardEndeavor to reach
strive, striving, striven, striver, strivers, strifes, strife-ridden