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Acrimony

Acrimony Meaning & Definition
Acrimony Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Acrimony?

[n] a sharp and bitter manner

Synonyms | Synonyms for Acrimony: acerbity | bitterness | jaundice

Related Terms | Find terms related to Acrimony: acerbity | acid | acidity | acidness | acidulousness | acridity | animosity | animus | antipathy | asperity | astringency | bad blood | bile | bite | bitingness | bitter feeling | bitter resentment | bitterness | bitterness of spirit | causticity | causticness | choler | corrosiveness | edge | feud | fierceness | gall | gnashing of teeth | grip | hard feelings | harshness | heartburning | ill blood | ill feeling | ill will | incisiveness | keenness | malevolence | malice | malignity | mordacity | mordancy | piercingness | poignancy | point | rancor | rankling | rigor | roughness | severity | sharpness | slow burn | soreness | sourness | spite | spleen | stabbingness | sting | stridency | stringency | tartness | teeth | trenchancy | vehemence | vendetta | venom | violence | virulence | vitriol

See Also | disagreeableness

Acrimony In Webster's Dictionary

\Ac"ri*mo*ny\, n.; pl. {Acrimonies}. [L. acrimonia, fr. acer, sharp: cf. F. acrimonie.] 1. A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants. [Archaic] --Bacon. 2. Sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners. John the Baptist set himself with much acrimony and indignation to baffle this senseless arrogant conceit of theirs. --South. Syn: {Acrimony}, {Asperity}, {Harshness}, {Tartness}. Usage: These words express different degrees of angry feeling or language. Asperity and harshness arise from angry feelings, connected with a disregard for the feelings of others. Harshness usually denotes needless severity or an undue measure of severity. Acrimony is a biting sharpness produced by an imbittered spirit. Tartness denotes slight asperity and implies some degree of intellectual readiness. Tartness of reply; harshness of accusation; acrimony of invective. In his official letters he expressed, with great acrimony, his contempt for the king's character. --Macaulay. It is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received. --Johnson. A just reverence of mankind prevents the growth of harshness and brutality. --Shaftesbury.

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