feud

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Pronunciation

• enPR: fyo͞od, IPA: /fjuːd/

Noun

feud (plural feuds)

1. A state of long-standing mutual hostility.

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

2. (professional wrestling) A staged rivalry between wrestlers.
3. (obsolete) A combination of kindred to avenge injuries or affronts, done or offered to any of their blood, on the offender and all his race.

Related terms

• blood feud

Translations

• French: querelle, (historical) faide
• German: Fehde, Streit, Feindschaft
• Italian: faida
• Portuguese: rixa
• Russian: вражда́
• Spanish: rivalidad, pelea, enemistad, hostilidad

Verb

feud (feuds, present participle feuding; past and past participle feuded)

1. (intransitive) To carry on a feud.

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

Translations

• German: befehden
• Russian: враждова́ть

Noun

feud (plural feuds)

1. An estate granted to a vassal by a feudal lord in exchange for service.

Synonyms

• fee
• fief

Related terms

• feudal
• feudalism

Translations

• French: fief
• German: Lehen
• Italian: feudo
• Portuguese: feudo
• Russian: феод
• Spanish: feudo

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