acrimony
sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech, disposition, etc.: The speaker attacked him with great acrimony.
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How to use acrimony in a sentence
But after nearly three years of acrimony between the two former allies, the stubborn Erdoğan clung to his plans.
How The Pro-Israel Right Got Hagel And Kerry Backwards | Ali Gharib | April 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIndeed, the acrimony had reached such heights that I fully expected her to make her place in the opposition this time around.
Tzipi Livni, Israel's So-Called Lead Peace Negotiator | Emily L. Hauser | April 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut if one recognizes that Americans see their country in religious terms, the level of acrimony is more easily understandable.
Why Is American Politics So Religious and Divisive? | Jordan Michael Smith | March 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut it was certainly no shocker when it dissolved in acrimony.
Bob Woodward's So-Called Thinking Sort Of Explained | Michael Tomasky | February 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMoreover, the public may be unfair in holding elected representatives responsible for such acrimony, historians say.
How do they reason upon a dogma, and quarrel with acrimony about a system of which even themselves can comprehend nothing?
Letters To Eugenia | Paul Henri Thiry HolbachThe affairs of the village are discussed without acrimony, and a certain amount of understanding arrived at.
The Hills and the Vale | Richard JefferiesThe Jesuits, in a phase of ascendancy, persecuted and insulted the Buddhists with great acrimony.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George WellsWe are told that there prevailed between the two a great and reciprocal acrimony.
The bread question was the topic of the hour, and gave rise to more acrimony than had any antecedent injustice.
The Siege of Kimberley | T. Phelan
British Dictionary definitions for acrimony
/ (ˈækrɪmənɪ) /
bitterness or sharpness of manner, speech, temper, etc
Origin of acrimony
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