MEANING
Marked by bitterness and hostility, especially in disagreement.
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- acrimonious dispute
- acrimonious exchange
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An acrimonious dispute divided the family.
Their exchange grew acrimonious over the inheritance.
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Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more acrimonious; superlative most acrimonious where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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