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as in bitterness
biting sharpness of feeling or expression
she responded with such acrimony that he never brought the subject up again
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as in bite
a harsh or sharp quality
the acrimony of his parting words shocked everyone in the office
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Recent Examples of acrimony
Sia's contentious divorce just reached a whole new level of acrimony.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
In the end, the band didn’t break up out of acrimony.
—David Hill, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
The sketches ran long, often up to twenty minutes, forcing viewers to endure the family acrimony past the point of comfort.
—Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Did the split cause any acrimony between you?
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 Sep. 2025
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Noun
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Astringent Hachiya persimmons must fully soften at room temperature before eating because chilling too early locks in bitterness.—
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As oblivion approached, with all its attendant possibilities of panic or bitterness, Bowie summoned the generosity to evoke the ordeal of one prematurely dying man while also thinking and creating at the no less vast scale of life itself.—
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From comfort food classics to more elevated plates, several bites stood out at a preview event.—
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Guests will naturally gravitate towards these pairings, ensuring the perfect bite.—
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After years of fighting for its survival in the face of hacks and growing regulatory hostility, crypto’s fortunes abruptly change.—
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Jewish and civil rights groups blasted the move as weakening safeguards, fueling criticism that Mamdani’s early agenda signals hostility toward Israel and the Jewish community.—
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The sense of sunrise or sunset invokes a time of change, being on the edge.—
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Cropped bomber jackets add polish, edge, and proportion, all without overwhelming a smaller frame.—
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Internal bleeding covers a wide range of severity, from life-threatening injuries to bruising.—
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Moore said the department has since adjusted both its tactics and decision-making protocols for wildland fires, particularly in high fire severity zones.—
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Did the man go too far, or was his anger justified?—
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As Blacc hinted at, there is more than a little anger to go around about what happened before, during and since the fires, along with the sorrow and thousand other emotions.—
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In Jewish terms, our own hearts start to harden, not out of malice, but out of survival.—
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Prosecutors could not prove malice in the case.—
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Animals Asia, an animal welfare organization dedicated to ending bear bile farming worldwide, also shared that the nonprofit planned to announce Goodall's guardianship in late 2025 but decided to hold the news for a period after her death.—
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It’s called taurine because the compound was first isolated from bull bile in 1827.—
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“Acrimony.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acrimony. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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