acrimony
21acrimony — ac·ri·mo·ny || ækrɪmÉ™nɪ n. bitterness, rancor, causticity …
22acrimony — [ akrɪməni] noun bitterness or ill feeling. Origin C16 (in the sense bitter taste or smell ): from Fr. acrimonie or L. acrimonia, from acer, acri pungent, acrid …
23acrimony — n. 1. Sharpness, corrosiveness, causticity. 2. Severity, harshness, hardness, sourness, tartness, acridity, acridness, asperity, virulence, bitterness, acerbity, rancor, venom, crabbedness, moroseness, churlishness, ill temper, spite,… …
24acrimony — noun (U) formal anger and unpleasantness …
25acrimony — n 1. acrimoniousness, causticity, asperity, mordancy, acridness, acridity, pungency, venom, venomousness, venomness; astringency, severity, sternness, acerbity, austerity, stringency; harshness, sharpness, sourness, acidulousness, acidity,… …
26acrimony — ac·ri·mo·ny …
27acrimony — ac•ri•mo•ny [[t]ˈæk rəˌmoʊ ni[/t]] n. sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech, disposition, etc • Etymology: 1535–45; < L ācrimōnia=ācri (s. of ācer) sharp, sour + mōnia mony …
28acrimony — /ˈækrəməni / (say akruhmuhnee), Originally US / moʊni/ (say mohnee) noun (plural acrimonies) sharpness or severity of temper; bitterness of expression proceeding from anger or ill nature. {Latin ācrimōnia} Usage: The pronunciation /ˈækrəmoʊni/ is …
29acrimony — n. (pl. ies) bitterness of temper or manner; ill feeling. Etymology: F acrimonie or L acrimonia pungency (as ACRID) …
30Acrimonies — Acrimony Ac ri*mo*ny, n.; pl. {Acrimonies}. [L. acrimonia, fr. acer, sharp: cf. F. acrimonie.] 1. A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants.… …
