feud

Meanings

Plural: feuds

Noun

a bitter quarrel between two parties
A state of long-standing mutual hostility.
A staged rivalry between wrestlers.
A combination of kindred to avenge injuries or affronts, done or offered to any of their blood, on the offender and all his race.
An estate granted to a vassal by a feudal lord in exchange for service.

Verb

carry out a feud
- "The two professors have been feuding for years"
To carry on a feud.

Origin / 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).

Synonyms

fee, fief

Scrabble Score: 8

feud is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
feud is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
feud is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

feud is a valid Words With Friends word