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acrimony

noun

ac·​ri·​mo·​ny ˈa-krə-ˌmō-nē How to pronounce acrimony (audio)
plural acrimonies
: anger and bitterness : harsh or biting sharpness especially of words, manner, or feelings
The dispute continued with increased acrimony.

Synonyms

Example Sentences

The dispute began again with increased acrimony. she responded with such acrimony that he never brought the subject up again
Recent Examples on the Web The tea party’s lurch to the right was followed by the liberal infighting of the 2016 election and the clash of both movements in the bitter acrimony sparked by the election of Trump. John Myers, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022 Is there a nicer way to get my point across without the acrimony? Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022 So for all the acrimony his leadership brought with it, Mr. Johnson’s departure leaves a gaping void in the stewardship of a country charting a troubled post-Brexit future and a dire economic backdrop. New York Times, 7 July 2022 The decision presents risks of new levels of acrimony within the Capitol itself — and likely retribution from a future Republican majority. Billy House, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2022 However, its efforts to pay up, despite the geopolitical acrimony, may suggest that Russia will stump up money owed once the crisis is over, and that waiting it out could be profitable. Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 28 June 2022 Boebert seems to relish the fighting and the acrimony as the ends rather than the means. Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021 Their relations have stumbled into acrimony in recent years during the presidency of left-leaning Moon Jae-in, mostly over legacies of Japan’s colonization of the Korean Peninsula for more than three decades through 1945. Timothy W. Martin, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2022 Antisocial activity is on the rise generally, and on both the right and the left, the smallest communities — even entirely voluntary ones like congregations or friend groups — are easily ripped apart by acrimony. Noah Millman, The Week, 3 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French acrimonie, borrowed from Latin ācrimōnia, from ācr-, ācer "sharp, biting, keen" + -mōnia, suffix of abstract nouns (going back to the Indo-European noun-forming suffix *-mĕ̄n-/*-mŏ̄n- + the abstract noun formative *-i-) — more at acr-

First Known Use

1542, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of acrimony was in 1542

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