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acrimoniousness

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or quality of being acrimonious.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality of being acrimonious; asperity; acrimony.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The quality of being resentful or cynical.

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Examples

  • The whisperings of the others suggested a growing acrimoniousness of debate.

    Making People Happy Thompson Buchanan 1907

  • The name of Breen was not mentioned, but its flavour lurked in every mouthful of conversation, like the taste of garlic that has been rubbed round the salad bowl in the salad that has not touched it; it filled the domestic atmosphere with a subtle acrimoniousness unknown to it before.

    Sisters Ada Cambridge 1885

  • Anxious to do my duty to your readers, and honestly to publish my convictions, I have never for a moment allowed myself to be carried away by acrimoniousness, and personally I have heard much that is bitter for an Englishman to hear.

    The Mason and Slidell Case, and Its Effect on the Americans 1862

  • What do you know about time place space acrimony acrimoniousness?

    inJesus :: Online Community :: Last posted message 2009

  • What do you know about time place space acrimony acrimoniousness?

    inJesus :: Online Community :: Last posted message 2009

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