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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 Alix Earle has finally broken her silence on her feud with Alex Cooper. — Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2026 Earle has remained largely silent about her feud with Cooper, but the Call Her Daddy host hasn’t. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 4 Sep. 2026 Rumors of a feud between the internet stars began when Earle’s podcast Hot Mess exited Unwell, the media network started and operated by Cooper, in March 2025. — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026 Both killings captivated the public and seemed tied to gang feuds involving the rap world. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 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
  • Reputation work can involve sensitive information about executives, companies and disputes.
    — Scott Keever, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Insanity defendants are disproportionately low-income, their cases rarely reach a jury, and there’s usually no dispute about the diagnosis, which is almost invariably schizophrenia.
    — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of dispute
Noun
  • The quarrel continued up the escalator leading to the mezzanine.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The quarrel became physical, and a man pulled a gun and shot the woman in the right calf.
    — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of quarrel
Noun
  • Tchouameni and Valverde were involved in two separate altercations, a day apart, in May, with the latter taken to hospital to undergo assessments after sustaining a head injury during the second incident.
    — Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs pleaded no contest Thursday to misdemeanor charges of battery and criminal damage to property stemming from a May altercation with his girlfriend.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of altercation
Noun
  • Your steady approach can keep a minor misunderstanding from growing.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Commentary and opinion News that the national debt has reached $40 trillion has inspired lots of partisan hand-wringing — and even more misunderstanding, writes columnist Michael Hiltzik.
    — Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of misunderstanding
Noun
  • Max weathered various controversies in his personal and professional life.
    — BETH J. HARPAZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Decades of friendship, including that with Sholem, were undone in the controversy.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of controversy
Noun
  • Parkinson usually plays things a bit straighter with the media, but his presence in the away dugout did provide the 20,056-capacity crowd — and an audience watching on TV on both sides of the Atlantic — with a fascinating clash of styles.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Disappointment over a relationship rift flares as the moon and Saturn clash.
    — USA TODAY, USA Today, 6 Sep. 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
  • AmaWaterways brings guests front row to an exclusive jazz performance in the streets here, where the acoustics haven’t changed in 400 years.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Former First Lady Laura Bush was again in the front row, flanked this year by philanthropist Lee Ann White and Dallas Cowboys owners Gene and Jerry Jones.
    — Holly Haber, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of row

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