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acrimony

[ ak-ruh-moh-nee ]

noun

  1. sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech, disposition, etc.:

    The speaker attacked him with great acrimony.

    Synonyms: spitefulness, bitterness, spite, asperity, animosity

    Antonyms: politeness, kindness, civility, goodwill



acrimony

/ ˈækrɪmənɪ /

noun

  1. bitterness or sharpness of manner, speech, temper, etc


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Word History and Origins

Origin of acrimony1

First recorded in 1535–45; from Latin ācrimōnia, from ācri-, stem of ācer “sharp, sour” + -mōnia -mony

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Word History and Origins

Origin of acrimony1

C16: from Latin ācrimōnia, from ācer sharp, sour

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Example Sentences

I don’t remember any acrimony between my mother and my father.

From Ozy

DeSantis also signed the bill last Thursday at a signing ceremony that was closed to all members of the press except Fox News, contributing to the partisan acrimony over the legislation.

Ending the filibuster would only ramp up partisan acrimony and increase the level of fear and anxiety around American elections.

From Time

It took about as long after that for everyone else at the Capitol to look around and realize that those bumpers might relegate the next two years to paralysis, standoffs and acrimony.

From Time

In 2019, the acrimony spilled into contentious city council elections that ended in the defeat of most Amazon-backed candidates.

From Fortune

But after nearly three years of acrimony between the two former allies, the stubborn Erdoğan clung to his plans.

Indeed, the acrimony had reached such heights that I fully expected her to make her place in the opposition this time around.

But if one recognizes that Americans see their country in religious terms, the level of acrimony is more easily understandable.

But it was certainly no shocker when it dissolved in acrimony.

Moreover, 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?

The affairs of the village are discussed without acrimony, and a certain amount of understanding arrived at.

The Jesuits, in a phase of ascendancy, persecuted and insulted the Buddhists with great acrimony.

We 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.

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