feud

noun

Definition of feudnext
as in dispute
a long and angry conflict between two people or two groups The workers' feud with management concerns health benefits and pay increases. Because of a family feud, they did not see each other for a decade.

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Recent Examples of feud O’Donnell has been locked into a bitter feud with the sitting commander-in-chief for the better part of 20 years. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026 Alix Earle is taking her public feud with Alex Cooper to Netflix. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2026 The feuds – over a voting restrictions bill and border security legislation, among other things – have effectively frozen the floor agenda in the House, where GOP hard-liners have become increasingly angry at more moderate Senate Republicans. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 14 July 2026 After the release of ChatGPT in 2022 made OpenAI one of the hottest startups on the planet, Musk and Altman’s feud spilled into the courtroom. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for feud
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feud
  1. dispute
  2. quarrel
  3. altercation
  4. misunderstanding
  5. controversy
  6. clash
  7. disputation
  8. row
Noun
  • According to the Daily Mail, Baldoni and Swift actually communicated after the end of his dispute with Lively, and the two now share a code word when talking about the issue.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 July 2026
  • The agreement resolve some disputes as state regulators continue hearing evidence that will determine what millions of customers ultimately pay for electricity.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 13 July 2026
Definition of dispute
Noun
  • As the quarrel escalated he was stabbed repeatedly in the arm.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 12 July 2026
  • Candi is the family mediator Like any father-daughter coaching dynamic, Corey and Coco have had their fair share of quarrels on the tennis court.
    — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026
Definition of quarrel
Noun
  • The altercation between Adebayo and Herro was sparked by recent comments apparently made by Herro on social media critiquing Adebayo and also showing some resentment toward Adebayo.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
  • Sometime after the altercation, the deceased male and another unknown man saw the shooter in the food court and attacked him.
    — Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Definition of altercation
Noun
  • The second misunderstanding is that because of their strong welfare systems, citizens of Nordic countries lie around while collecting benefits.
    — Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
  • From that lens, the incident wasn’t about race, but rather a misunderstanding related to ideological expression on clothing.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 July 2026
Definition of misunderstanding
Noun
  • The difference between those projects and the 27 data centers that already exist or are being built in Miami-Dade (including three newcomers that have drawn controversy) is the size.
    — Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
  • The data centers were initially built to train and run xAI's Grok AI models and chatbot, which was steeped in controversy.
    — Lora Kolodny,Jeniece Pettitt, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Definition of controversy
Noun
  • Messi missed one against Egypt in the round of 16 clash before scoring in the second half.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
  • Hollywood insider Rob Shuter is reporting that Kelce’s promise clashes with the reality of Taylor’s security team, who have been protecting her for a while.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 July 2026
Definition of clash
Noun
  • This did not, however, mark the end of disputation concerning the Northwest Angle.
    — Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026
  • According to him, advances in machine learning have yanked questions once trapped inside theological/philosophical disputations into corporate board packs.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
Definition of disputation
Noun
  • From June 18 through June 29, Boston pitchers spun off 12 quality starts in a row.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • Norway’s team finally got in on the fun, doing their own row after a 3-2 win over Senegal in the group stage.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 19 July 2026
Definition of row

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