feud
noun
- long-running argument or fight, often between social groups of people, especially families or clans
verb
- pursue a long-running and possibly violent argument
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /fjuːd/ / /fɪu̯d/ / /fɛʊ̯d/
noun
Etymology: From Medieval Latin feudum. Doublet of fee, fief, and feoff.
- An estate granted to a vassal by a feudal lord in exchange for service.
verb
Etymology: 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).
- 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.”
“As a result of the heel turn, [Riki] Choshu was instantly elevated as a headliner and feuded with [Tatsumi] Fujinami in main events for two years over the WWF [World Wrestling Federation] International Heavyweight strap.”