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acrimony

noun/ˈækɹɪˌmoʊni/

What It Means

A sharp and bitter hatred.

Her acrimony for her neighbors manifests itself with shouting and stomping.

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Acrimony in Context

“In her resentful mood, these expressions had been remembered with acrimony and disdain; [...].”

— 1826, Mary Shelley, chapter 12, in The Last Man

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From Middle French acrimonie, from Latin ācrimōnia (“sharpness, pungency”).

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