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Definition

bitter hostile argument between two parties — typically long-standing between families or tribes with occasional incidents of violence

Perhaps the most famous American family feud was between the Hatfields and McCoys.

feud = a bitter, long-standing fight

feud = long-standing fight

feud = a bitter, long-standing fight

I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, and every war has to me the horror of a family feud.
Helen Keller
My temper leads me to peace and harmony with all men; and it is peculiarly my wish to avoid any personal feuds or dissensions with those, who are embarked in the same great national interest with myself...
George Washington
The feud which had existed for ages between the families of Cervoni and Brunaschi was so old that it seemed to have smouldered out at last.
Joseph Conrad -- The Mirror of the Sea
They were only so far civil to each other as was necessary to prevent their state of feud from being observed by Mr. Stelling, who would have "put down" such nonsense with great vigor.
George Eliot -- The Mill on the Floss
They had been locked in a feud for so long no one even seemed to remember how it had started—probably some small slight, as we are a hot-headed people.
Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala

feud = bitter argument of fight

There was also a feud going on between Lencho and Coach Rogers.
Victor Martinez -- Parrot in the Oven

feud = a bitter, long-standing quarrel

Life is too bitter already, without territories and wars and noble feuds.
T. H. White -- The Once and Future King

feuds = bitter, long-standing fights

The army had also insisted Zahid Khan was shot in a family feud and not by the Taliban.
Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala

feud = bitter fight

People began going to Fazlullah and his men to resolve grievances about anything from business matters to personal feuds.
Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala

feuds = bitter fights

Why, nothing—only it's on account of the feud.
Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

feud = a bitter, long-standing fight

—and by and by everybody's killed off, and there ain't no more feud.
Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

feud = a bitter, long-standing fight

It was as if there were a feud between two brothers and they agreed to live in different houses.
Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala

feud = bitter argument of fight

As a respected man in the community, my father was often called on to mediate feuds.
Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala

feuds = bitter arguments

feuds = bitter fights

In our village there was a widow called Soraya who married a widower from another clan which had a feud with her family.
Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala

feud = bitter argument of fight

We have a custom called swara by which a girl can be given to another tribe to resolve a feud.
Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala

feud = bitter argument of fight

Each khan kept hundreds of armed men both for feuds and to raid and loot other villages.
Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala

feuds = bitter fights

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