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strife-ridden

strife-ridden adjective: dominated by strife.

Adjective

strife-ridden (comparative more strife-ridden, superlative most strife-ridden)

  1. Dominated by strife.
    • Transport was difficult to arrange in the strife-ridden province.

Forms of strife-ridden

comparativemore strife-ridden
superlativemost strife-ridden

Origin of strife-ridden

From strife + -ridden.

Questions about strife-ridden

What does strife-ridden mean?
Strife-ridden means dominated by strife.
What part of speech is strife-ridden?
Strife-ridden is an adjective.

Words near strife-ridden in the dictionary

  1. stridulously
  2. stridulousness
  3. Striegel
  4. Striegels
  5. strife
  6. strife-ridden
  7. strifeful
  8. strifeless
  9. strifelessness
  10. strifemaker
  11. strifemakers

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