acrimony
noun
ac·ri·mo·ny
ˈa-krə-ˌmō-nē 
plural acrimonies
: anger and bitterness : harsh or biting sharpness especially of words, manner, or feelings
The dispute continued with increased acrimony.
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Examples of acrimony in a Sentence
The dispute began again with increased acrimony.
she responded with such acrimony that he never brought the subject up again
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Disney in May 2023 scrapped the project, which was valued at around $1 billion, after a year of acrimony between the company and DeSantis.
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Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
Manigault-Newman served as a Trump aide but left his White House amid acrimony and wrote her own tell-all memoir.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 30 May 2024
While the Swifties wait for the singer’s campaign of re-recordings to barrel into the trap-pop and acrimony of 2017’s Reputation, Poets borrows its defensiveness to pick apart the foibles of exes and to express exhaustion with being in earshot of thousands of strangers’ unsolicited opinions.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2024
In recent years, band members and estates were often caught up in personal acrimony and legal beefs.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 22 Apr. 2024
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Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
Manigault-Newman served as a Trump aide but left his White House amid acrimony and wrote her own tell-all memoir.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 30 May 2024
While the Swifties wait for the singer’s campaign of re-recordings to barrel into the trap-pop and acrimony of 2017’s Reputation, Poets borrows its defensiveness to pick apart the foibles of exes and to express exhaustion with being in earshot of thousands of strangers’ unsolicited opinions.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2024
In recent years, band members and estates were often caught up in personal acrimony and legal beefs.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 22 Apr. 2024
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acrimony
noun
ac·ri·mo·ny
ˈak-rə-ˌmō-nē
plural acrimonies
: harsh or biting sharpness especially of words, manner, or disposition
acrimonious
adjective
ˌak-rə-ˈmō-nē-əs
acrimoniously
adverb
acrimoniousness
noun
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