feudnoun [ C ]
uk/fjuːd/us/fjuːd/an argument that has existed for a long time between two people or groups, causing a lot of anger or violence:
a family feud
a ten-year-old feud between the two countries
a bitter feud over land
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Arguments & disagreements
- argument
- belligerent
- blow up
- bust up
- conflict
- confrontation
- contention
- counter-argument
- disharmony
- dissonance
- fracas
- fray
- Mexican standoff
- quibble
- rivalry
- row 1
- shindig
- slanging match
- trouble
- tussle
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feudverb [ I ]
uk/fjuːd/us/fjuːd/to have a feud with someone:
They've been feuding with their neighbours for years over a boundary issue.
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Arguing & disagreeing
- afoul
- beg
- bet
- bicker
- cat
- conflicting
- contestation
- contrarian
- exchange words idiom
- gherao
- have a bone to pick with sb idiom
- lock
- make a case for sth idiom
- mano a mano
- row 1
- slang
- spar
- split
- variance
- wrangle
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