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acrimony

/ˈækɹɪˌmoʊni/

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What does acrimony mean?

noun

  1. A sharp and bitter hatred.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈækɹɪˌmoʊni/

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“I don’t like to have people put on airs like that,” muttered Favourite, with a good deal of acrimony.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
It was to be expected that after this triumph, the war in the pit would rage with redoubled acrimony.
Charles MackayMemoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #636
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"It is wrong to waste the precious gift of time, on acrimony and division."
United States. PresidentsUnited States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches: From Washington to George W. BushProject Gutenberg ebook #925
Press and pulpit swarmed with "refutations," in which weakness of argument and scantiness of erudition were compensated by strength of acrimony and unscrupulousness of slander.
John FiskeThe Unseen World, and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #1486
But he put the question without acrimony, for he felt that Madame de Cintré’s brother was a good fellow, and he had a presentiment that on this basis of good fellowship they were destined to understand each other.
Henry JamesThe AmericanProject Gutenberg ebook #177