strife

1. n. The act of striving; earnest endeavor. Source: opted

2. n. Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts. Source: opted

3. n. Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle. Source: opted

4. n. That which is contended against; occasion of contest. Source: opted

5. n. lack of agreement or harmony Source: wordnet

6. n. bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension Source: wordnet

7. 1. The act of striving; earnest endeavor. [Archaic] Shak. 2. Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts. Doting about questions and strifes of words. 1 Tim. vi. 4. Thus gods contended -- noble strife -Who most should ease the wants of life. Congreve. 3. Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle. Twenty of them fought in this black strife. Shak. These vows, thus granted, raised a strife above Betwixt the god of war and queen of love. Dryden. 4. That which is contended against; occasion of contest. [Obs.] "Lamenting her unlucky strife." Spenser. Syn. -- Contest; struggle; quarrel. See Contention. Source: webster

8. n:100 n. bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension Source: ecdict

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