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feud
1[ fyood ]
noun
- Also called blood feud. a bitter, continuous hostility, especially between two families, clans, etc., often lasting for many years or generations.
- a bitter quarrel or contention:
a feud between labor and management.
Synonyms: ,
verb (used without object)
- to engage in a feud.
feud
2[ fyood ]
noun
feud
1/ ː /
noun
- long and bitter hostility between two families, clans, or individuals; vendetta
- a quarrel or dispute
verb
- intr to take part in or carry on a feud
feud
2/ ː /
noun
- feudal law land held in return for service
Word History and Origins
Origin of feud1
Word History and Origins
Origin of feud1
Origin of feud2
Example Sentences
Police have arrested and charged eight more people, aged 16 to 38, in an investigation into an ongoing gangland feud.
That was the moment 934 days of chaos began, and transformed what was an intense rivalry between two families into a bitter feud.
But even minor issues can sometimes spark a deadly feud - for example a remark by a politician in the capital.
A separate feud has been brewing after a judge said he could hold the Trump administration in contempt for its "wilful disregard" of his order barring deportation flights.
The president has long sought more control over interest rates and has feuded with Powell over his resistance to White House pressure on the rates.
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