1
as in bitterness
biting sharpness of feeling or expression
she responded with such acrimony that he never brought the subject up again
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2
as in bite
a harsh or sharp quality
the acrimony of his parting words shocked everyone in the office
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Recent Examples of acrimony
Greece and Turkey, which for hundreds of years had been steeped in mutual acrimony and territorial disputes, were now willingly ceding land to each other in a game of geopolitical hot potato.
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Lauren Markham, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
The acrimony reignited once again after the Fed held interest rates steady, rather than continuing with cuts, at its most recent meeting, following a three-month uptick in inflation.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 6 Feb. 2025
Aubameyang was not a lone casualty of Arteta’s vision and single-mindedness, but no exit caused more acrimony.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Never before has a president of the United States unleashed a rain of acrimony, recriminations and threats against a foreign leader − not to mention a wartime ally − in front of television cameras.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
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Lauren Markham, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
The acrimony reignited once again after the Fed held interest rates steady, rather than continuing with cuts, at its most recent meeting, following a three-month uptick in inflation.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 6 Feb. 2025
Aubameyang was not a lone casualty of Arteta’s vision and single-mindedness, but no exit caused more acrimony.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Never before has a president of the United States unleashed a rain of acrimony, recriminations and threats against a foreign leader − not to mention a wartime ally − in front of television cameras.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acrimony
Noun
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Stolarz’s inclination to shout instructions at teammates on the ice, often with serious levels of hostility in the name of competition, comes to him naturally.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Datta writes that Indians had faced violent treatment at the hands of Japanese forces, even if the Chinese community bore the brunt of the Japanese hostility.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Apr. 2025
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The fight ends with Shauna taking a bite out of Melissa’s arm, pinning her down and demanding Melissa eat her own flesh.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Mar. 2025
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The site of the leech bite was treated, and the farmer was given iron supplements to take for a month to manage his anemia, doctors said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Type 2 diabetes treatments can vary based on the severity of your condition, your lifestyle, and your overall health.—
Julia Ries,
Health,
9 Apr. 2025
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In some studies, Vitamin A has been shown to reduce the severity of measles and the risk of death from the virus — but these studies were among highly malnourished populations in low-income countries.—
Sara Moniuszko,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2025
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Six female celebs — including pop songstress Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King and Jeff Bezos’s fiancée, author Lauren Sánchez — are slated to blast off Monday morning in a Blue Origin rocket headed for the edge of space.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
14 Apr. 2025
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The Karman Line, located 62 miles above Earth, demarcates the edge of space.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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So, Joe comes in with a lot of hostility, a lot of anger, a lot of rage for what happened.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
13 Apr. 2025
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Damn, again, my woulda, shoulda anger steams beneath a somewhat placid exterior.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
13 Apr. 2025
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Slightly off-topic comments can derail it so far away from the original point, and it isn't always done with malice.—
Peter Suciu,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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To borrow another logical principle, Hanlon's razor: Don't ascribe to malice that which can be otherwise explained by rank incompetence.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Her symptoms include vomiting up clots of hair, bile and sewing pins; making scary pronouncements in a guttural voice that is not her own; and being unusually attractive to wasps, whose carcasses litter her bedclothes.—
Sarah Lyall,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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The agency also noted that Zinna had no evidence of infectious disease, trauma, or poisoning, and the rescue canine's stomach was empty except for small amounts of hair and bile, per AP.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Acrimony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acrimony. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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