feud

querelle, rivalité

Querelle longue et violente entre des personnes ou des groupes qui gardent leur rancune.

En anglais simple : A long, bitter disagreement between people or groups who remain angry with each other.

• Their feud lasted years.
• The two families finally ended their feud.
• A bitter feud between the neighbours began over a fence.

Comment l'utiliser : feud with someone (He has a long-standing feud with his neighbour.); feud between A and B (The feud between the brothers lasted decades.); feud over something (Their feud over the land divided the village.)

Synonymes : long-running dispute, vendetta

Expressions courantes : family feud, bitter feud, feud between families, long feud

se quereller, se déchirer

Rester en conflit avec quelqu’un et se disputer avec lui pendant longtemps.

En anglais simple : To remain angry with someone and argue with them over a long period.

• The brothers feuded for years.
• Their neighbours are still feuding over the boundary.
• Why do those two families always feud?

Comment l'utiliser : feud with someone (She feuded with her brother for decades.); feud over something (The partners feuded over control of the business.)

Synonymes : quarrel, fight

Expressions courantes : feud with someone, feud over something