strifen.

Brit.

/strʌɪf/, U.S.

/straɪf/

Forms: Middle English strif, stryf, Middle English–1600s strive, Middle English strijfe, Middle English strijf, striif, Middle English–1500s striff(e, stryff(e, stryve, Middle English–1600s stryfe, Middle English–1500s stryif(f, 1500s strief, Scottish strywe, Middle English– strife. Plural Middle English–1500s stryves (Middle English stryvis, stryvys), Middle English–1600s strives; Middle English strifs, Middle English stryfs, Middle English stryfes, stryfys, strifis, 1500s– strifes.

Etymology: < Old French estrif, related to estriver : see strive v.

a. The action of striving together or contending in opposition; a condition of antagonism, enmity, or discord; contention, dispute.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun]

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cut and thrust1846

headbutting1869

push-and-pull1881

contending1882

thrust and parry1889

aggro1973

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 150 Þe eareste is cheost oðer strif.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 28196 Wit flitt, wit brixil, striue and strut.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 373 Nið and strif and ate and san Sal ben bi-twen neddre and wimman.

c1350 Leg. Rood iii. 838 A fell woman and full of strife.

?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 36^v They desired nothing but stryf & debate.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms liv. 9 For I se vnrightuousnes & strife in y^e cite.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ii. sig. G The diuell hath caste a bone..to set strife Betwene you.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 266 Domesticke Fury, and fierce Ciuill strife .

1692 M. Prior Ode Imitation Horace viii When bound in double Chains poor Belgia lay, To foreign Arms, and inward Strife a Prey.

1751 T. Gray Elegy xix. 9 Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.

1869 S. Smiles Huguenots Eng. & Ireland (ed. 3) vi. 77 The unemployed sought to remove to some foreign land less disturbed by party strife.

b. An act or instance of contention or antagonism; a contest or conflict, a quarrel or dispute.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > an act or instance of

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strifea1225

wara1300

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lakec1420

contenta1450

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tussle1857

head-to-head1884

scrum1905

battleground1931

shoot-out1953

mud-wrestle1986

a1225 Leg. Kath. 735 Comen alle strikinde..for to heren þis strif.

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. I. 218 Suche divisioun is cause of bateilis and strives among men.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18568 Þan bigan a neu strif Son bituix þam and min kynghtes.

1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iv. iv. 173 To appese alle stryues and contencions.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iv They fylle in a grete dyfferent or stryf.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 111 Strifes increased in the land euery where.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Miv^v/2 A Striue, certamen.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne i. xxx. 7 These striues..And discords.

1671 C. Trenchfield Cap of Gray Hairs 29 He that blows the coals in others strifes, shall be sure to have the sparks fly in his mouth.

1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. iv. 217 The counsels of the elders of the tribe..arrested the strife upon the eve of its occurrence.

1846 C. Sumner Scholar, Jurist, Artist, Philanthropist 69 With~drawing from the strifes of the world.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 259 His simple and noble thoughts..soon degenerated into a mere strife of words.

c. transferred and figurative. Now rare.

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1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xxxi. 142 Also it happeth that..wynde is gadred and closed wythin the smalle skynnes of the rybbes and by the stryf therof is brede sore pryckynge and ache.

1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) iv. sig. Aiv^v/1 That is somtime for a stryfe betwene the spirite & the flesshe.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 10105 Pollexene the pert with hir pure loue..stoppet the strif of his strong hert.

1773 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (ed. 4) Strife..4. Natural contrariety; as, the strife of acid and alkaly.

1809 S. T. Coleridge Three Graves iii, in Friend 21 Sept. 93 He reach'd his home, and by his looks They saw his inward strife.

1822 Ld. Byron Heaven & Earth i. iii, in Liberal 1 203 While safe amidst the elemental strife, Thou sit'st within thy guarded ark?

1826 T. Hood Mermaid of Margate 69 And whilst he stood, the watery strife Encroach'd on every hand.

1901 Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 450/2 The north wind blew up the crests of the waves in the race as when we were in the strife of it.

d. A subject of contention. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > [noun] > causing dissension > cause or subject of dissension

questionc1384

matterc1390

strife1535

apple of discord1574

bone of contention1590

golden ball1609

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxxix. [lxxx.] 6 Thou hast made vs a very strife vnto our neghbours.

1662 H. Newcome Diary (1849) 118 But I have ever yet beene made the strife of tongues. [Cf. Ps. xxxi. 20 (1535 Coverdale and 1611).]

1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) lxxx. vii A Strife we are to All around.

†e. occasionally (for rhyme). Trouble, toil, pain, distress. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > [noun]

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sorrowOE

workOE

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howc1000

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misease?c1225

misliking?c1225

ofthinkingc1225

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troublec1230

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angera1325

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tribulationc1330

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painfulnessc1400

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aggrievedness1594

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pathos1684

shock1705

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vex1815

wrungnessa1875

dukkha1886

thinkache1892

sufferation1976

the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > tribulation, trouble, or affliction

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angernessc1390

molestc1390

troublancec1400

notea1425

miseasenessc1450

cumber?a1513

tribule1513

unseasonableness?1523

troublesomeness1561

tribulance1575

tine1590

trials and tribulations1591

pressure1648

difficulty1667

hell to pay1758

dree1791

trial and tribulation1792

Queer Street1811

Sturm und Drang1857

a thin time1924

shit1929

crap1932

shtook1936

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 268 Fro swinc and sorwe and deades strif.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 778 Ðe king ðholede sorges strif.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 10 Mi joie is torned into strif.

1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 28 The flesche man die, with paine and striue.

f. Australian colloquial. Trouble, disgrace, difficulties. Frequently in in strife.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things

hard casec1325

box1546

pass1560

little-ease1589

a fine kettle1741

mess1812

how-do-you-do1835

hot mess1867

bed of nails1872

shitter1958

strife1963

1963 A. Lubbock Austral. Roundabout 45 ‘By cripes!’ said the landlord, ‘I bet you was in strife after that.’

1966 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 9 Jan. 2/2 He's having trouble with his irrigation. His sudax is coming along all right but he's often in strife priming his pump.

1966 P. Mathers Trap 15 I reckon she needs..a bloody flogging... She'll get us all in strife, he finished.

1969 ‘A. Garve’ Boomerang iv. 147 ‘Keep close on my tail,’ he called. ‘If you get in any strife, bang on your horn.’

2. Phr.

†a. in strife: in a state of discord or contention. Obsolete. (See also sense 1f.)

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society > society and the community > dissent > at variance [phrase]

in (also into, on, a) piecesa1275

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at traversc1448

at issue1474

at a strife1488

at variancea1535

at square1545

at (a) jar1552

at (or to) daggers' drawing1556

at (a) mutiny1567

in (a) mutiny1567

at wrig-wrag1599

at daggers drawn1668

at (or at the, on the) outs1824

loggerhead1831

at daggers' points1857

at swords' points1890

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum vi. xviii. 204 A good lorde..acordyth theym that ben in stryffe.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14544 Þir Iues þat him hild in strijf, þai hatted na man mare on lijf.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 194 For he with thaim hapnyt richt offt in stryff.

1544 P. Betham tr. J. di Porcia Preceptes Warre i. cxxxii. sig. G v^v And chefely when thy kingdom is in stryfe.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 223 If I should, as Lyon, come in strife, Into this place.

b. at strife: at variance. †Also, at a strife.

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society > society and the community > dissent > at variance [phrase]

in (also into, on, a) piecesa1275

in strife1398

at traversc1448

at issue1474

at a strife1488

at variancea1535

at square1545

at (a) jar1552

at (or to) daggers' drawing1556

at (a) mutiny1567

in (a) mutiny1567

at wrig-wrag1599

at daggers drawn1668

at (or at the, on the) outs1824

loggerhead1831

at daggers' points1857

at swords' points1890

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 237 The ȝong captane has fallyn with me at stryff.

?1507 Ballad of Kynd Kittok in W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen sig. b.iv^v Scho..held sanct petir at stryf.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 25 Romulus & Remus..fell sodainely at a strife together about the place where the cittie should be builded.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) i. ii. 4 Why how now Sonnes, and Brother, at a strife ?

1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love v. i. 52 My lab'ring thoughts are with themselves at strife.

1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles i. i. 141 If my judgment, with itself at strife, Should contradict my general course of life.

1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 405 The crown of England, always at strife, and often at open war, with its own barons.

1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 35 Why are right and wrong at strife?

†c. without strife: without demur; without doubt, indisputably, unquestionably. Sometimes apparently a mere tag, for rhyme. Also, thereof no strife: that is not disputed. Obsolete.

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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > of course, certainly [phrase]

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mid iwissea1000

in wisc1000

to wis(se)c1000

without(en (any) weenc1175

sans fail1297

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but werea1300

forouten werea1300

out of werea1300

without werea1300

without deceit1303

for certainc1320

it is to wittingc1320

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without noc1330

without (but out of) dread1340

no doubtc1380

without distancec1390

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without doubta1400

for, (in, at obs.), of, to (a) certaintyc1400

withouten stance14..

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of, on, in warrantisec1440

sure enough?1440

without question?1440

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without any dispayrec1470

for (also of) a surety?a1475

in (also for) surenessa1475

of certainc1485

without any (also all) naya1500

out of question?1526

past question?1526

for sure1534

what else1540

beyond (also out of, past, without) (all) peradventure1542

to be a bidden by1549

out of (also without) all cry1565

with a witness1579

upon my word1591

no question1594

out of all suspicion1600

for a certain1608

without scruple1612

to be sure1615

that's pos1710

in course1722

beyond (all) question1817

(and) no mistake1818

no two ways about it (also that)1818

of course1823

bien entendu1844

yessiree1846

you bet you1857

make no mistake1876

acourse1883

sans doute1890

how are you?1918

you bet your bippy1968

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 6417 & wan Edmond made is eir of is lond wiþoute striue.

a1300 K. Horn 407 ‘Horn’, heo sede, ‘wiþute strif Þu schalt haue me to þi wif’.

1375 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 124/2 And bad hem boþe wiþoute stryf Naȝt eten of þe tre of lyf.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1892 Noþeles woldy of þe fayn wyte wyþ-oute strif, Wat maner man ys Charlemayn.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4622 ‘Do wai,’ he said, ‘þer-of na strif.’

c1407 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 6831 Alceste..ches to goon vn-to hir grave Wilfully, without [e] stryve.

†d. by or with strife: by force or violence. Obsolete.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [phrase] > by violence or force

strong handOE

by forcec1320

through, with, of forcec1320

by or with strifec1330

by way of feat1362

by (also with, by) fine forcea1375

by mighta1425

by force and armsa1481

by way of deed1535

by (the) head and shoulders1571

by (the) head and ears1590

sting and ling1816

c1330 Arth. & Merl. 6493 What bi loue & what bi striif, He forlay þe stewardes wiif.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 174 And wo this wethur shuld wyn bude wirke as I say, Ayre euyn to þe Oxen, entre hom in yoke, With striffe or with stroke till þai stonde wolde.

†e. to have, hold, make, take strife: to contend, quarrel (with). Obsolete.

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society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > contend [verb (intransitive)]

winc888

fightc900

flitec900

wraxlec1000

wrestlea1200

cockc1225

conteckc1290

strivec1290

struta1300

topc1305

to have, hold, make, take strifec1374

stightlea1375

debatec1386

batea1400

strugglec1412

hurlc1440

ruffle1440

warc1460

warslea1500

pingle?a1513

contend1529

repugn1529

scruggle1530

sturtc1535

tuga1550

broilc1567

threap1572

yoke1581

bustle1585

bandy1594

tilt1595

combat1597

to go (also shake, try, wrestle) a fall1597

mutiny1597

militate1598

combatizec1600

scuffle1601

to run (or ride) a-tilt1608

wage1608

contesta1618

stickle1625

conflict1628

stickle1647

dispute1656

fence1665

contrast1672

scramble1696

to battle it1715

rug1832

grabble1835

buffet1839

tussle1862

pickeer1892

passage1895

tangle1928

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1886) i. pr. iv. 9 I took stryf [L. certamen suscepi] ayeins the prouost of the pretorie for comune profit.

c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 595 For which he tok with rome & Cesar stryf.

c1400 Rule St. Benet (Verse) 650 And mak no strif with old no ȝing.

1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1558) viii. i. 2 b The tyraunt Decius agayn them toke a stryfe.

a1450 Knt. de la Tour xiv. 20 Faire doughters, kepe you that ye take no striff with no comberous folke.

c1480 (a1400) St. John Baptist 721 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 243 Cese, þare-for, & hald na strife.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxxv. sig. E4^v And for the peace of you I hold such strife, As twixt a miser and his wealth is found.

f. to make strife: to cause dissension.

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society > society and the community > dissent > be in dissension or at variance [verb (intransitive)] > cause dissension

to make strife1303

to make the feathers flyc1430

to stir the coals1539

to make mischiefc1572

to blow the bellows1590

to blow the fire1670

to stir the pot1826

to stir (also rouse) the possum1900

to mix it1950

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 1192 Take no wyfe For to make betwyxe ȝou stryfe.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) ii. 11 Thei seyd, that he made Discord and Strif amonges hem.

1822 Ld. Byron Heaven & Earth i. iii, in Liberal 1 189 Get thee hence, son of Noah; thou mak'st strife.

3. Competition, emulation; an effort or exertion of rivalry, a contest of emulation. †to make strife: to contend or compete (for). †by strifes: in emulation or rivalry.

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society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun]

rivality1528

strife1530

envy1541

emulation1552

contention1576

pinglinga1578

countermatch1581

paragon1590

competency1594

corrivality1598

rivalry1598

concurrence1603

contestation1603

competitiona1608

rivalling1607

concurrency1609

strift1612

corrivalry1614

rivalty1631

contest1648

corrivalty1649

coping1678

co-rivalry1835

rivalism1850

society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > compete with [verb (transitive)] > compete for

to make strife1530

dispute1655

contest1726

opposea1822

to race off1897

society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > in competition or rivalry [phrase]

at (a) vie1591

in vie (of)1591

on vie1591

by strifes1630

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 277/1 Stryfe bytwene two, brigue.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 277/2 Stryfe who shall do best, estriue a lestriuee.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 630/1 I make stryfe to gette an offyce that gothe by election, je brigue.

1561 T. Hoby in tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer Ep. Translatour sig. A.iiii With an honest strife of matching others.

1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Ciij His Art with Natures workmanship at strife, As if the dead the liuing should exceed.

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. M3^v Then sonne and father weep with equall strife, Who shuld weep most for daughter or for wife.

1623 B. Jonson in W. Shakespeare Comedies, Hist. & Trag. sig. A1^v Wherein the Grauer had a strife with Nature, to out-doo the life.

1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth i. 56 The wealthier Inhabitants also of the Sea-coasts..built them ships of warre by striues who should exceede.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 31 Great was the strife betwixt the Singing Swains.

1709 J. Johnson Clergy-man's Vade Mecum: Pt. II p. cx In those Ages, when..the Laity did as it were by strifes run into Monasteries.

1710 W. Congreve Ode to Ld. Godolphin in Wks. III. 1099 Thus Gods contended, (noble Strife! Worthy the heav'nly Mind) Who most should do to soften anxious Life.

1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece II. 305 Let us still be rivals: but let our strife be, which can best serve our country.

4. The act of striving; strong effort. rare.

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the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > striving or struggling

wrestlingc890

wragging?c1225

wraggling?c1225

strugglingc1386

straining1580

contention1583

strift1612

strifea1616

striving?1615

stickle1652

agonism1688

strain1693

struggle1833

floundering1868

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. iii. Epil. 4 Which we will pay, With strife [printed strift; corrected 1632] to please you, day exceeding day.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 490 One, that aboue all other strifes, Contended especially to know himselfe.

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 136 We know what strife a man useth in his trade, who hath no inward principle of skill to enable him.

1687 tr. Sallust (1692) To Rdr. As if these Mystic Authors made it their strife to imitate Nature.

1827 J. Keble Christian Year I. iv. 16 Be your strife To lead on earth an Angel's life.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

strife-fellow n.

ΚΠ

1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids v. 108 But some were dight amid the games their strife-fellows to be.

† strife-race n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Heb. xii. 1) Ἀγῶνα... The strife-race, for we must run, and fight as we run, strive also to outstrip our fellow-racers.

C2. Objective.

strife-maker n.

ΚΠ

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Stryfe maker, litistonsor, rixosus, contumeliosus.

strife-monger n.

ΚΠ

1909 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 466 The solemn warning to strife-mongers with which he concludes.

C3.

strife-hatching adj.

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1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 470 Mens strife-hatching, haute Ambition.

strife-stirring adj.

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a1618 J. Sylvester tr. Battail of Yvry in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 1099 Our strife-stirring Quills.

strife-torn adj.

ΚΠ

1972 R. D. Walshe in G. W. Turner Good Austral. Eng. xi. 227 The ego ceases to be a shifting strife-torn no-man's-land between the armies of the id and the superego.

1983 Times 30 Mar. 7/2 She flies there today on her third tour of the strife-torn Brahmaputra valley state in the past 10 weeks.

C4.

strife-weary adj.

ΚΠ

1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. iii. i. 302 Millions of war-worn, strife-weary people longing to find peace.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	strife
释义	strifen. Brit. /strʌɪf/, U.S. /straɪf/ Forms: Middle English strif, stryf, Middle English–1600s strive, Middle English strijfe, Middle English strijf, striif, Middle English–1500s striff(e, stryff(e, stryve, Middle English–1600s stryfe, Middle English–1500s stryif(f, 1500s strief, Scottish strywe, Middle English– strife. Plural Middle English–1500s stryves (Middle English stryvis, stryvys), Middle English–1600s strives; Middle English strifs, Middle English stryfs, Middle English stryfes, stryfys, strifis, 1500s– strifes. Etymology: < Old French estrif, related to estriver : see strive v. 1. a. The action of striving together or contending in opposition; a condition of antagonism, enmity, or discord; contention, dispute. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] i-winc888 wrestlingc890 fightc1000 flitec1000 teenOE winOE ungrithlOE wara1200 cockingc1225 strife?c1225 strivingc1275 struta1300 barratc1300 thro1303 battlec1375 contentionc1384 tuggingc1440 militationa1460 sturtc1480 bargain1487 bargaining1489 distrifea1500 concertation1509 hold1523 conflict1531 ruffle1532 tangling1535 scamblingc1538 tuilyie1550 bustling1553 tilt1567 ruffling1570 wresting1570 certationc1572 pinglinga1578 reluctation1593 combating1594 yoking1594 bandying1599 tention1602 contrast1609 colluctation1611 contestationa1616 dimication1623 rixation1623 colluctance1625 decertation1635 conflicting1640 contrasto1645 dispute1647 luctation1651 contest1665 stickle1665 contra-colluctation1674 contrasting1688 struggle1706 yed1719 widdle1789 scrambling1792 cut and thrust1846 headbutting1869 push-and-pull1881 contending1882 thrust and parry1889 aggro1973 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 150 Þe eareste is cheost oðer strif. a1300 Cursor Mundi 28196 Wit flitt, wit brixil, striue and strut. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 373 Nið and strif and ate and san Sal ben bi-twen neddre and wimman. c1350 Leg. Rood iii. 838 A fell woman and full of strife. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 36^v They desired nothing but stryf & debate. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms liv. 9 For I se vnrightuousnes & strife in y^e cite. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ii. sig. G The diuell hath caste a bone..to set strife Betwene you. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 266 Domesticke Fury, and fierce Ciuill strife . View more context for this quotation 1692 M. Prior Ode Imitation Horace viii When bound in double Chains poor Belgia lay, To foreign Arms, and inward Strife a Prey. 1751 T. Gray Elegy xix. 9 Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. 1869 S. Smiles Huguenots Eng. & Ireland (ed. 3) vi. 77 The unemployed sought to remove to some foreign land less disturbed by party strife. b. An act or instance of contention or antagonism; a contest or conflict, a quarrel or dispute. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > an act or instance of flitec1000 strifea1225 wara1300 pulla1400 lakec1420 contenta1450 stour?c1450 contentiona1500 pingle1543 agony1555 feudc1565 combat1567 skirmish1576 grapple1604 counter-scuffle1628 scuffle1641 agon1649 tug1660 tug of war1677 risse1684 struggle1692 palaver1707 hash1789 warsle1792 scrabble1794 set-to1794 go1823 bucklea1849 wrestle1850 tussle1857 head-to-head1884 scrum1905 battleground1931 shoot-out1953 mud-wrestle1986 a1225 Leg. Kath. 735 Comen alle strikinde..for to heren þis strif. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. I. 218 Suche divisioun is cause of bateilis and strives among men. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18568 Þan bigan a neu strif Son bituix þam and min kynghtes. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iv. iv. 173 To appese alle stryues and contencions. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iv They fylle in a grete dyfferent or stryf. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 111 Strifes increased in the land euery where. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Miv^v/2 A Striue, certamen. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne i. xxx. 7 These striues..And discords. 1671 C. Trenchfield Cap of Gray Hairs 29 He that blows the coals in others strifes, shall be sure to have the sparks fly in his mouth. 1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. iv. 217 The counsels of the elders of the tribe..arrested the strife upon the eve of its occurrence. 1846 C. Sumner Scholar, Jurist, Artist, Philanthropist 69 With~drawing from the strifes of the world. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 259 His simple and noble thoughts..soon degenerated into a mere strife of words. c. transferred and figurative. Now rare. ΚΠ 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xxxi. 142 Also it happeth that..wynde is gadred and closed wythin the smalle skynnes of the rybbes and by the stryf therof is brede sore pryckynge and ache. 1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) iv. sig. Aiv^v/1 That is somtime for a stryfe betwene the spirite & the flesshe. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 10105 Pollexene the pert with hir pure loue..stoppet the strif of his strong hert. 1773 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (ed. 4) Strife..4. Natural contrariety; as, the strife of acid and alkaly. 1809 S. T. Coleridge Three Graves iii, in Friend 21 Sept. 93 He reach'd his home, and by his looks They saw his inward strife. 1822 Ld. Byron Heaven & Earth i. iii, in Liberal 1 203 While safe amidst the elemental strife, Thou sit'st within thy guarded ark? 1826 T. Hood Mermaid of Margate 69 And whilst he stood, the watery strife Encroach'd on every hand. 1901 Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 450/2 The north wind blew up the crests of the waves in the race as when we were in the strife of it. d. A subject of contention. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > [noun] > causing dissension > cause or subject of dissension questionc1384 matterc1390 strife1535 apple of discord1574 bone of contention1590 golden ball1609 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lxxix. [lxxx.] 6 Thou hast made vs a very strife vnto our neghbours. 1662 H. Newcome Diary (1849) 118 But I have ever yet beene made the strife of tongues. [Cf. Ps. xxxi. 20 (1535 Coverdale and 1611).] 1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) lxxx. vii A Strife we are to All around. †e. occasionally (for rhyme). Trouble, toil, pain, distress. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > [noun] sorec888 teeneOE sorrowOE workOE wrakeOE careOE gramec1000 harmOE howc1000 trayOE woweOE angec1175 derfnessc1175 sytec1175 unwinc1175 wosithc1200 ail?c1225 barrat?c1225 derf?c1225 grief?c1225 misease?c1225 misliking?c1225 ofthinkingc1225 passion?c1225 troublec1230 pinec1275 distress1297 grievancea1300 penancea1300 cumbermentc1300 languorc1300 cumbering1303 were1303 angera1325 strifea1325 sweama1325 woea1325 painc1330 tribulationc1330 illa1340 threst1340 constraintc1374 troublenessc1380 afflictiona1382 bruisinga1382 miseasetya1382 pressurec1384 exercisec1386 miscomfortc1390 mislikea1400 smarta1400 thronga1400 balec1400 painfulnessc1400 troublancec1400 smartness?c1425 painliness1435 perplexity?a1439 penalty?1462 calamity1490 penality1496 cumber?a1513 sussy1513 tribule1513 afflict?1529 vexation of spirit1535 troublesomeness1561 hoe1567 grievedness1571 tribulance1575 languishment1576 thrall1578 tine1590 languorment1593 aggrievedness1594 obturbation1623 afflictedness1646 erumny1657 pathos1684 shock1705 dree1791 vex1815 wrungnessa1875 dukkha1886 thinkache1892 sufferation1976 the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > tribulation, trouble, or affliction teeneOE harmOE sourc1000 trayOE angec1175 wosithc1200 ail?c1225 barrat?c1225 misease?c1225 passion?c1225 troublec1230 sorenessc1275 grievancea1300 cumbermentc1300 cumbering1303 thro1303 angera1325 strifea1325 sweama1325 encumbrancec1330 tribulationc1330 threst1340 mischiefa1375 pressc1375 unhend1377 miseasetya1382 angernessc1390 molestc1390 troublancec1400 notea1425 miseasenessc1450 cumber?a1513 tribule1513 unseasonableness?1523 troublesomeness1561 tribulance1575 tine1590 trials and tribulations1591 pressure1648 difficulty1667 hell to pay1758 dree1791 trial and tribulation1792 Queer Street1811 Sturm und Drang1857 a thin time1924 shit1929 crap1932 shtook1936 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 268 Fro swinc and sorwe and deades strif. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 778 Ðe king ðholede sorges strif. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 10 Mi joie is torned into strif. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 28 The flesche man die, with paine and striue. f. Australian colloquial. Trouble, disgrace, difficulties. Frequently in in strife. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things hard casec1325 box1546 pass1560 little-ease1589 a fine kettle1741 mess1812 how-do-you-do1835 hot mess1867 bed of nails1872 shitter1958 strife1963 1963 A. Lubbock Austral. Roundabout 45 ‘By cripes!’ said the landlord, ‘I bet you was in strife after that.’ 1966 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 9 Jan. 2/2 He's having trouble with his irrigation. His sudax is coming along all right but he's often in strife priming his pump. 1966 P. Mathers Trap 15 I reckon she needs..a bloody flogging... She'll get us all in strife, he finished. 1969 ‘A. Garve’ Boomerang iv. 147 ‘Keep close on my tail,’ he called. ‘If you get in any strife, bang on your horn.’ 2. Phr. †a. in strife: in a state of discord or contention. Obsolete. (See also sense 1f.) ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > at variance [phrase] in (also into, on, a) piecesa1275 in strife1398 at traversc1448 at issue1474 at a strife1488 at variancea1535 at square1545 at (a) jar1552 at (or to) daggers' drawing1556 at (a) mutiny1567 in (a) mutiny1567 at wrig-wrag1599 at daggers drawn1668 at (or at the, on the) outs1824 loggerhead1831 at daggers' points1857 at swords' points1890 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum vi. xviii. 204 A good lorde..acordyth theym that ben in stryffe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 14544 Þir Iues þat him hild in strijf, þai hatted na man mare on lijf. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 194 For he with thaim hapnyt richt offt in stryff. 1544 P. Betham tr. J. di Porcia Preceptes Warre i. cxxxii. sig. G v^v And chefely when thy kingdom is in stryfe. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 223 If I should, as Lyon, come in strife, Into this place. View more context for this quotation b. at strife: at variance. †Also, at a strife. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > at variance [phrase] in (also into, on, a) piecesa1275 in strife1398 at traversc1448 at issue1474 at a strife1488 at variancea1535 at square1545 at (a) jar1552 at (or to) daggers' drawing1556 at (a) mutiny1567 in (a) mutiny1567 at wrig-wrag1599 at daggers drawn1668 at (or at the, on the) outs1824 loggerhead1831 at daggers' points1857 at swords' points1890 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 237 The ȝong captane has fallyn with me at stryff. ?1507 Ballad of Kynd Kittok in W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen sig. b.iv^v Scho..held sanct petir at stryf. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 25 Romulus & Remus..fell sodainely at a strife together about the place where the cittie should be builded. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) i. ii. 4 Why how now Sonnes, and Brother, at a strife ? View more context for this quotation 1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love v. i. 52 My lab'ring thoughts are with themselves at strife. 1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles i. i. 141 If my judgment, with itself at strife, Should contradict my general course of life. 1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 405 The crown of England, always at strife, and often at open war, with its own barons. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 35 Why are right and wrong at strife? †c. without strife: without demur; without doubt, indisputably, unquestionably. Sometimes apparently a mere tag, for rhyme. Also, thereof no strife: that is not disputed. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > of course, certainly [phrase] to iwissea1000 mid iwissea1000 in wisc1000 to wis(se)c1000 without(en (any) weenc1175 sans fail1297 thereof no strife1297 but werea1300 forouten werea1300 out of werea1300 without werea1300 without deceit1303 for certainc1320 it is to wittingc1320 withouten carec1320 without nayc1330 without noc1330 without (but out of) dread1340 no doubtc1380 without distancec1390 no fresea1400 out of doubta1400 without doubta1400 for, (in, at obs.), of, to (a) certaintyc1400 withouten stance14.. hazel woods shakea1413 of, on, in warrantisec1440 sure enough?1440 without question?1440 wythout diswerec1440 without any dispayrec1470 for (also of) a surety?a1475 in (also for) surenessa1475 of certainc1485 without any (also all) naya1500 out of question?1526 past question?1526 for sure1534 what else1540 beyond (also out of, past, without) (all) peradventure1542 to be a bidden by1549 out of (also without) all cry1565 with a witness1579 upon my word1591 no question1594 out of all suspicion1600 for a certain1608 without scruple1612 to be sure1615 that's pos1710 in course1722 beyond (all) question1817 (and) no mistake1818 no two ways about it (also that)1818 of course1823 bien entendu1844 yessiree1846 you bet you1857 make no mistake1876 acourse1883 sans doute1890 how are you?1918 you bet your bippy1968 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 6417 & wan Edmond made is eir of is lond wiþoute striue. a1300 K. Horn 407 ‘Horn’, heo sede, ‘wiþute strif Þu schalt haue me to þi wif’. 1375 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 124/2 And bad hem boþe wiþoute stryf Naȝt eten of þe tre of lyf. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1892 Noþeles woldy of þe fayn wyte wyþ-oute strif, Wat maner man ys Charlemayn. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4622 ‘Do wai,’ he said, ‘þer-of na strif.’ c1407 J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte 6831 Alceste..ches to goon vn-to hir grave Wilfully, without [e] stryve. †d. by or with strife: by force or violence. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [phrase] > by violence or force strong handOE by forcec1320 through, with, of forcec1320 by or with strifec1330 by way of feat1362 by (also with, by) fine forcea1375 by mighta1425 by force and armsa1481 by way of deed1535 by (the) head and shoulders1571 by (the) head and ears1590 sting and ling1816 c1330 Arth. & Merl. 6493 What bi loue & what bi striif, He forlay þe stewardes wiif. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 174 And wo this wethur shuld wyn bude wirke as I say, Ayre euyn to þe Oxen, entre hom in yoke, With striffe or with stroke till þai stonde wolde. †e. to have, hold, make, take strife: to contend, quarrel (with). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > contend [verb (intransitive)] winc888 fightc900 flitec900 wraxlec1000 wrestlea1200 cockc1225 conteckc1290 strivec1290 struta1300 topc1305 to have, hold, make, take strifec1374 stightlea1375 debatec1386 batea1400 strugglec1412 hurlc1440 ruffle1440 warc1460 warslea1500 pingle?a1513 contend1529 repugn1529 scruggle1530 sturtc1535 tuga1550 broilc1567 threap1572 yoke1581 bustle1585 bandy1594 tilt1595 combat1597 to go (also shake, try, wrestle) a fall1597 mutiny1597 militate1598 combatizec1600 scuffle1601 to run (or ride) a-tilt1608 wage1608 contesta1618 stickle1625 conflict1628 stickle1647 dispute1656 fence1665 contrast1672 scramble1696 to battle it1715 rug1832 grabble1835 buffet1839 tussle1862 pickeer1892 passage1895 tangle1928 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1886) i. pr. iv. 9 I took stryf [L. certamen suscepi] ayeins the prouost of the pretorie for comune profit. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 595 For which he tok with rome & Cesar stryf. c1400 Rule St. Benet (Verse) 650 And mak no strif with old no ȝing. 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1558) viii. i. 2 b The tyraunt Decius agayn them toke a stryfe. a1450 Knt. de la Tour xiv. 20 Faire doughters, kepe you that ye take no striff with no comberous folke. c1480 (a1400) St. John Baptist 721 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 243 Cese, þare-for, & hald na strife. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lxxv. sig. E4^v And for the peace of you I hold such strife, As twixt a miser and his wealth is found. View more context for this quotation f. to make strife: to cause dissension. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > be in dissension or at variance [verb (intransitive)] > cause dissension to make strife1303 to make the feathers flyc1430 to stir the coals1539 to make mischiefc1572 to blow the bellows1590 to blow the fire1670 to stir the pot1826 to stir (also rouse) the possum1900 to mix it1950 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 1192 Take no wyfe For to make betwyxe ȝou stryfe. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) ii. 11 Thei seyd, that he made Discord and Strif amonges hem. 1822 Ld. Byron Heaven & Earth i. iii, in Liberal 1 189 Get thee hence, son of Noah; thou mak'st strife. 3. Competition, emulation; an effort or exertion of rivalry, a contest of emulation. †to make strife: to contend or compete (for). †by strifes: in emulation or rivalry. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] rivality1528 strife1530 envy1541 emulation1552 contention1576 pinglinga1578 countermatch1581 paragon1590 competency1594 corrivality1598 rivalry1598 concurrence1603 contestation1603 competitiona1608 rivalling1607 concurrency1609 strift1612 corrivalry1614 rivalty1631 contest1648 corrivalty1649 coping1678 co-rivalry1835 rivalism1850 society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > compete with [verb (transitive)] > compete for to make strife1530 dispute1655 contest1726 opposea1822 to race off1897 society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > in competition or rivalry [phrase] at (a) vie1591 in vie (of)1591 on vie1591 by strifes1630 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 277/1 Stryfe bytwene two, brigue. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 277/2 Stryfe who shall do best, estriue a lestriuee. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 630/1 I make stryfe to gette an offyce that gothe by election, je brigue. 1561 T. Hoby in tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer Ep. Translatour sig. A.iiii With an honest strife of matching others. 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Ciij His Art with Natures workmanship at strife, As if the dead the liuing should exceed. View more context for this quotation 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. M3^v Then sonne and father weep with equall strife, Who shuld weep most for daughter or for wife. View more context for this quotation 1623 B. Jonson in W. Shakespeare Comedies, Hist. & Trag. sig. A1^v Wherein the Grauer had a strife with Nature, to out-doo the life. 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth i. 56 The wealthier Inhabitants also of the Sea-coasts..built them ships of warre by striues who should exceede. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 31 Great was the strife betwixt the Singing Swains. 1709 J. Johnson Clergy-man's Vade Mecum: Pt. II p. cx In those Ages, when..the Laity did as it were by strifes run into Monasteries. 1710 W. Congreve Ode to Ld. Godolphin in Wks. III. 1099 Thus Gods contended, (noble Strife! Worthy the heav'nly Mind) Who most should do to soften anxious Life. 1836 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece II. 305 Let us still be rivals: but let our strife be, which can best serve our country. 4. The act of striving; strong effort. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > striving or struggling wrestlingc890 wragging?c1225 wraggling?c1225 strugglingc1386 straining1580 contention1583 strift1612 strifea1616 striving?1615 stickle1652 agonism1688 strain1693 struggle1833 floundering1868 a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. iii. Epil. 4 Which we will pay, With strife [printed strift; corrected 1632] to please you, day exceeding day. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 490 One, that aboue all other strifes, Contended especially to know himselfe. View more context for this quotation 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 136 We know what strife a man useth in his trade, who hath no inward principle of skill to enable him. 1687 tr. Sallust (1692) To Rdr. As if these Mystic Authors made it their strife to imitate Nature. 1827 J. Keble Christian Year I. iv. 16 Be your strife To lead on earth an Angel's life. Compounds C1. General attributive. strife-fellow n. ΚΠ 1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids v. 108 But some were dight amid the games their strife-fellows to be. † strife-race n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Heb. xii. 1) Ἀγῶνα... The strife-race, for we must run, and fight as we run, strive also to outstrip our fellow-racers. C2. Objective. strife-maker n. ΚΠ 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Stryfe maker, litistonsor, rixosus, contumeliosus. strife-monger n. ΚΠ 1909 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 466 The solemn warning to strife-mongers with which he concludes. C3. strife-hatching adj. ΚΠ 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 470 Mens strife-hatching, haute Ambition. strife-stirring adj. ΚΠ a1618 J. Sylvester tr. Battail of Yvry in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 1099 Our strife-stirring Quills. strife-torn adj. ΚΠ 1972 R. D. Walshe in G. W. Turner Good Austral. Eng. xi. 227 The ego ceases to be a shifting strife-torn no-man's-land between the armies of the id and the superego. 1983 Times 30 Mar. 7/2 She flies there today on her third tour of the strife-torn Brahmaputra valley state in the past 10 weeks. C4. strife-weary adj. ΚΠ 1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. iii. i. 302 Millions of war-worn, strife-weary people longing to find peace. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1225
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