feud

CEFRC1

/fjuːd/

noun · verb

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  1. 01

    noun

    A long and bitter disagreement between people or groups.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A combination of kindred to avenge injuries or affronts, done or offered to any of their blood, on the offender and all his race.

Examples

  • Feast all night and feud in the morning.

  • Our feud traces back to our childhood.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /fɛʊ̯d/
  • /fɪu̯d/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A staged rivalry between wrestlers.

  2. A state of long-standing mutual hostility.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To carry on a feud.

More examples

In context

  • The two men began to feud after one of them got a job promotion and the other thought he was more qualified.

  • You couldn't call it a feud exactly, but there had always been a chill between Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods.

  • Wherein my sword had not impressure made / Of our ranke feud: but the iust gods gainsay,

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Northern Middle English fede, feide, from Old French faide, feide, fede, from Proto-West Germanic *faihiþu (“hatred, enmity”) (corresponding to foe + -th), from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (“hostile”). Cognate to Old English fǣhþ, fǣhþu, fǣhþo (“hostility, enmity, violence, revenge, vendetta”), German Fehde, and Dutch vete (“feud”) (directly inherited from Proto-West Germanic) alongside Danish fejde (“feud, enmity, hostility, war”) and Swedish fejd (“feud, controversy, quarrel, strife”) (borrowed from Middle Low German).