- long and bitter hostility between two families, clans, or individuals; vendetta
- a quarrel or dispute
- (intransitive) to take part in or carry on a feud
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
feud1 /fyud/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
v. [no object]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a bitter quarrel or argument, esp. one that lasts for many generations between families, ethnic groups, etc.
v. [no object]
- to engage in a feud:The two groups had been feuding for years.
feud1
(fyo̅o̅d),USA pronunciation n.
v.i.
feud2 (fyo̅o̅d),USA pronunciation n.
- Also called blood feud. a bitter, continuous hostility, esp. between two families, clans, etc., often lasting for many years or generations.
- a bitter quarrel or contention:a feud between labor and management.
v.i.
- to engage in a feud.
- Old High German fēhida; cognate with Old English fǣhth enmity. See foe, -th1
- Middle French fe(i)de
- variant of fead (a misread as u), Middle English fede 1300–50
- 2. argument, difference.
feud2 (fyo̅o̅d),USA pronunciation n.
- World Historyfee (def. 4).
- Medieval Latin feudum, variant of feodum. See fee
- 1605–15
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
feud /fjuːd/ n
feud, feod /fjuːd/ n
- land held in return for service
'feud' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
blood-letting
- feudal
- foe
- vendetta
- blood feud
- feodary
- feudatory
- feudist
- fief
- Hatfield-McCoy Feud
- internecine
- longstanding
- over
- wergild
- subinfeudation