Feud

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A bitter, often prolonged quarrel or state of enmity, especially such a state of hostilities between two families or clans.
  • intransitive verb. To carry on or perpetuate a bitter quarrel or state of enmity.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In feudal law, an estate in land granted on condition of services to be rendered to the grantor, in default of which the land was to revert to the grantor; a fief; a tenure of land under and by dependence on a superior.
  • noun. Land held in feudal tenure by a vassal.
  • noun. Enmity; animosity; active hostility; a vengeful quarrel between individuals or parties; especially, hostility between families or parties in a state; a state of civic contention.
  • noun. More specifically, an aggravated state of hostility, marked by frequent or occasional sanguinary conflicts, between one family or clan and another, to avenge insults, injuries, or murders inflicted by one party, or by any member of it, upon those of the other side; a vendetta.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A combination of kindred to avenge injuries or affronts, done or offered to any of their blood, on the offender and all his race.
  • noun. A contention or quarrel; especially, an inveterate strife between families, clans, or parties; deadly hatred; contention satisfied only by bloodshed.
  • noun. A stipendiary estate in land, held of a superior, by service; the right which a vassal or tenant had to the lands or other immovable thing of his lord, to use the same and take the profits thereof hereditarily, rendering to his superior such duties and services as belong to military tenure, etc., the property of the soil always remaining in the lord or superior; a fief; a fee.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An estate granted to a vassal by a feudal lord in exchange for service
  • noun. A state of long-standing mutual hostility.
  • noun. In professional wrestling, when two rival wrestlers engage in a series of matches; often has an angle tied to it.
  • verb. To carry on a feud.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. carry out a feud
  • noun. a bitter quarrel between two parties
    • Word Usage
    "The Levitt-Lott feud is already the stuff of legends."
    cross-reference
    honorary feud  military feuds  right of feud  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    contend  fight  struggle  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Abood  Jude  Likud  Mahmood  Mahmoud  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    antagonism  contention  disagreement  discord  dispute  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    acrimony  adverse possession  affray  alodium  altercate  
    verb-form
    feuded  feuding  feuds  
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