MEANING
Bitterness and harshness in speech or relations between people.
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- personal acrimony
- debate with acrimony
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Personal acrimony turned the meeting into a dispute over old injuries.
She answered without acrimony, which embarrassed him more than anger would have.
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- acrimony
Usage notes
Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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