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acrimony

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

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acrimony (countable and uncountable, plural acrimonies)

  1. A sharp and bitter hatred.
    Her acrimony for her neighbors manifests itself with shouting and stomping.
    • 1826, Mary Shelley, chapter 12, in The Last Man:
      In her resentful mood, these expressions had been remembered with acrimony and disdain; [...].
    • 1955 February, Michael Robbins, “A Railway Treaty: The Brighton and South Eastern Agreement of 1848”, in Railway Magazine, page 98:
      In the rumbustious atmosphere of the mania years, 1845 and 1846, this state of things gave rise to acrimony which both sides faced with confidence; but as the reaction set in during 1847, it seemed better to come to terms.
    • 2018 November 3, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
      Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was prepared to play a game of patience to land Virgil van Dijk after his initial move to sign the Netherlands captain from Southampton in the summer of 2017 ended in acrimony.

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