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–adjective
caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc.:
an acrimonious answer; an acrimonious dispute.
Origin:
1605–15;
< ML
ācrimōniōsus.
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acrimony
,
-ous
Related forms:
ac⋅ri⋅mo⋅ni⋅ous⋅ly,
adverb
ac⋅ri⋅mo⋅ni⋅ous⋅ness,
noun
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ac·ri·mo·ni·ous
(āk'rə-mō'nē-əs)
adj. Bitter and sharp in language or tone; rancorous:
an acrimonious debate between the two candidates.
ac'ri·mo'ni·ous·ly
adv.
,
ac'ri·mo'ni·ous·ness
n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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