"strifeful" meaning in English

See strifeful in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more strifeful [comparative], most strifeful [superlative]
Etymology: From strife + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|strife|ful|pos=adjective}} strife + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} strifeful (comparative more strifeful, superlative most strifeful)
  1. Full of strife; quarrelsome, polemic, contentious. Synonyms: strifull [16th c.]
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