Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Bitter, sharp animosity, especially as exhibited in speech or behavior.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Acridity; harshness or extreme bitterness of taste; pungency; corrosiveness.
- noun Figuratively, sharpness or severity of temper; bitterness of expression proceeding from anger, ill nature, or petulance; virulence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Archaic A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness.
- noun Sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
sharp andbitter hatred .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a rough and bitter manner
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Today's heightened political acrimony is but a foretaste of the "grim Malthusian" politics ahead, with politicians increasingly trying to redistribute the fruits of a stagnant economy, loosing even more forces of stagnation.
Technology = Salvation Holman W. Jenkins Jr. 2010
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A rise in paralysis and acrimony is not going to comfort a bond market waiting to see whether we can make difficult decisions on spending cuts and tax hikes.
Can business afford the Republican Party? Ezra Klein 2010
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Their first ended several years ago, undone in acrimony after DirecTV — then owned by the News Corporation — moved to use recording devices owned by a company that was also owned by News Corp.
DirecTV Strikes Deal to Offer TiVo Recorder - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Their first ended several years ago, undone in acrimony after DirecTV — then owned by the News Corporation — moved to use recording devices owned by a company that was also owned by News Corp.
DirecTV Strikes Deal to Offer TiVo Recorder - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Today's chaotic pattern of funding, administration, interference, cross purposes and acrimony is not serving the public well.
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And it was Charlie’s indirect responsibility that he committed suicide, thus ending that marriage in acrimony and despair.
Patrick McGrath’s ‘Trauma’ « Tales from the Reading Room 2009
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The acrimony is the latest example of shattered alliances in the New York real-estate world.
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I recall the acrimony poured out towards Jews on this nasty little "current affairs" show after the Hezbollah and Hamas wars and how an audience purposely packed with a crowd of rentaMuslims who have not appeared in such numbers since, how strange made the then US Ambassador cry after a particularly vicious and orchestrated post 9-11 backlash set up by the extremists at the BBC troughers Gentlemans Club on same "current affairs" show.
OPEN THREAD 2009
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Right - eight years of foaming-at-the-mouth BusHitler hatred, but now when they're in control suddenly they think ending the acrimony is a good idea.
"Na Na Na Na/Na Na Na Na/Hey Hey Hey/Good-bye." Ann Althouse 2009
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I don't mean to suggest that they don't think that, but as I pointed out last week, the idea that the acrimony is a result of particular people - still less that it will stop if we elect Obama.
"The last thing we need is a President who encourages festering racial controversies." Ann Althouse 2008
thinkcharlene commented on the word acrimony
Law & Order - Season 14, Episode 7 - "Floater"
February 14, 2007
opt commented on the word acrimony
sharp, bitter hatred
June 9, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word acrimony
1906 US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, shorthand for telegraph communications and meaning "action deferred until further notice".
January 19, 2013
mohitanand commented on the word acrimony
bitterness and ill will
The acrimony between the president and vice-president sent a clear signal to voters: the health of the current administration was imperiled.
October 1, 2016