acrimonious
Meaning of acrimonious
adjective
- (typically of speech or discussion) angry and bitter.
an acrimonious dispute about wages
early 17th century (in the sense ‘bitter, pungent’): from acrimony + -ous.
Information about acrimonious
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of acrimonious
ac-ri-mo-nious
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- acrimonious is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
acrimonious synonyms
Meaning bitter:
Meaning characterized by bitterness or resentment:
Meaning sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way:
Meaning (especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright:
Meaning witheringly scornful; severely critical:
Meaning marked by or given to using irony in order to mock or convey contempt:
Meaning (of a person's remarks or tone) bitter or cutting:
Meaning unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses:
Meaning (of words or a speaker) critical or hurtful:
Meaning capable of cutting something:
Meaning causing the contraction of skin cells and other body tissues:
Meaning vigorous or incisive in expression or style:
Meaning (especially of humour) having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting:
Meaning bitterly hostile:
Meaning showing or caused by malice:
Meaning deliberately cruel or violent:
Meaning (of handwriting) very small and difficult to decipher:
Meaning filled with bitter criticism or malice:
Meaning (of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled:
Meaning showing or feeling opposition or dislike; unfriendly:
Meaning (of a person or their behaviour) full of malice or spite:
Meaning (of a substance or plant) causing or capable of causing death or illness if taken into the body:
Meaning very bad or unpleasant:
Meaning intend to convey or refer to (a particular thing); signify:
Meaning evil in nature or effect:
Meaning characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm:
Meaning evil in nature or effect; malevolent:
Meaning readily expressing anger or irritation:
Meaning having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way:
Meaning bad-tempered; spiteful:
Meaning having or showing a tendency to be easily angered:
Meaning bad-tempered or irritable:
Meaning malicious or spitefully critical:
Meaning deliberately hurtful in one's remarks; spiteful:
Meaning vigorously incisive or effective:
Meaning sharp-tasting; sour:
Meaning denoting or using biting sarcasm or invective:
Meaning put poison on or into; make poisonous:
Translation of acrimonious
- Italian: acrimonioso
- Spanish: mordaz
- French: acrimonieux
- German: bissig
- Portuguese: acrimonioso
Anagrams of acrimonious
Words that rhyme with acrimonious
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