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acrimony
/ˈækɹɪˌmoʊni/
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What does acrimony mean?
noun
- 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.
It was to be expected that after this triumph, the war in the pit would rage with redoubled acrimony.
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"It is wrong to waste the precious gift of time, on acrimony and division."
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.
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.