acrimony

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈækɹɪməni/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈækɹɪmoʊni/

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Noun

acrimony (countable and uncountable, plural acrimonies)

1. A sharp and bitter hatred.

   Her acrimony for her neighbors manifests itself with shouting and stomping.

   • 2018 November 3, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎:

     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.

   • 1826, Mary Shelley, chapter 12, in The Last Man:

     In her resentful mood, these expressions had been remembered with acrimony and disdain; [...].

Synonyms

• animosity
• bitterness
• enmity
• hatred
• opposition

Antonyms

• friendship
• peace

Related terms

• acrimonious

Translations

bitter hatred

Catalan: acrimònia f Czech: rozhořčenost f, strohost f, jízlivost f Finnish: katkeruus (fi) Galician: acritude (gl) f, acrimonia f German: Verbitterung (de) f, bitterer Hass m Korean: 호됨 (hodoem) Latin: acrimonia f Maori: pūraurautanga Portuguese: acrimónia (pt) f (Portugal), acrimônia (pt) f (Brazil) Romanian: acrimonie (ro) f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: о̀го̄рчено̄ст f Roman: ògōrčenōst (sh) f Sicilian: acrimonia f Spanish: acrimonia (es) f