Thesaurus results for FEUD

feud

noun

Definition of feud

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 Keitel’s Feraud keeps provoking the feud; Carradine’s D’Hubert recognizes its madness but remains too bound by the same code of honor to walk away. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026 But last month, the president took an unprecedented step toward pushing that feud into the real world. — Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026 The reason for that mysterious feud may or may not come to light. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026 However, some fans have speculated that JJ was killed off because of an alleged feud between Pankow and Bailey. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for feud

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Noun

Witnesses told police the suspects got into a dispute with the victim at his car and shot him.

— Jason Green, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
For many in Canada, the dispute raises concerns about American interference with Canada’s national identity.

— Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of dispute

Noun

Based on a Joseph Conrad story, the period drama follows two officers in Napoleon’s army (Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel) whose minor quarrel condemns them to 15 years of repeatedly trying to kill each other.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
As the quarrel escalated, the man stabbed her multiple times all over her body in the park near Eastern Parkway and Rochester Ave.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of quarrel

Noun

Chicago Sky head coach Tyler Marsh praised Natasha Cloud after she was involved in a verbal altercation with Enes Kanter Freedom.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
According to preliminary findings, the incident stemmed from an altercation between the victim and an adult female at the scene.

— CBS News Miami Digital Team, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of altercation

Noun

Clear, descriptive communication with your doctor helps prevent those misunderstandings.

— Jason Phillips, Ascend Agency, 24 Aug. 2026
Those accusations were false, and based on a prolific misunderstanding of where the team gets most of its revenue, who owns the majority of the organization, as well as how much of their television income comes from cable company Spectrum.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of misunderstanding

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Although the allegations became a significant controversy surrounding his political career, higher courts later invalidated key evidence in the investigation, and the criminal complaint against him was rejected in 2022.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026
The vote came without debate on the Assembly floor, despite previous controversy over the changes as the bill moved through the Senate.

— Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of controversy

Noun

Professional dancer Giovanni Pernice has vented his fury at the BBC over its handling of his Strictly Come Dancing exit following a clash with Sherlock star Amanda Abbington.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026
Police special forces responded with flash grenades during the clashes, which officials said lasted until the early hours of Sunday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 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

The Sky didn’t learn that Kanter Freedom would be seated on the front row behind the baseline until less than 90 minutes before tipoff.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
In the front row of the stands, Omar Saenz and his 14-year-old step-son Damien Macwithey were carrying racing helmets signed by drivers.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 24 Aug. 2026

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