Associations to the word «Strife»

Wiktionary

STRIFE, noun. Conflict, sometimes violent, usually brief or limited in scope.

Dictionary definition

STRIFE, noun. Lack of agreement or harmony.
STRIFE, noun. Bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats