Acrimonious
[,ækrɪ'məʊnɪəs]
Definition
(adj.) marked by strong resentment or cynicism; 'an acrimonious dispute'; 'bitter about the divorce' .
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Definition
(a.) Acrid; corrosive; as, acrimonious gall.
(a.) Caustic; bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [Rare.] [1]. Corrosive, caustic, sharp.[2]. Severe, harsh, hard, acrid, sarcastic, bitter, virulent, malignant, censorious, crabbed, snarling, snappish, testy, pettish, petulant, cross, sour, tart, splenetic, peevish, ill-tempered, ill-natured.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sharp, biting, stinging, pungent, acrid, ill-natured, sarcastic
ANT:Smooth, sweet, pleasant, goodnatured, bland
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Examples
- To my inexperience we at first appeared on the eve of a civil war; each party was violent, acrimonious, and unyielding. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- A subsequent issue contained a somewhat acrimonious letter of criticism by a well-known maker of dynamo machines. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They went so far as to repeal, after a spirited and acrimonious debate, the ordinance of secession. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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