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Definition of Strifeful
1. a. Contentious; discordant.
Definition of Strifeful
1. Adjective. Full of strife; quarrelsome, polemic, contentious. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Strifeful
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strifeful
Literary usage of Strifeful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"[strife vn& full.] Contentious; discordant. And the fox guileful and most covetous.
Spent. The ape was strifeful and ambitious, ..."
2. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (1853)
"The suitors with a scornful smile survey The youth, indulging in the genial day.
Euma.>us, thus encouraged, hastes to bring The strifeful bow, and gives it ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"After a struggle, the long career of the veteran — itself no bad counterpart of
the stormy and strifeful career of the men-of- war's men — the " Tom Toughs ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1892)
"... appearing almost as if it kept in its bosom, but could not always restrain,
the memories of that strifeful, stirring, and romantic past. J. VEITCH. ..."
5. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Meaning: desirous of equaling or excelling; strifeful;—no exact synonyms. enable,
vt empower. Antonyms: see DISABLE. enact, vt 1. decree, make, pass. ..."
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