📖 Definitions of "Acrimony"
noun
- 1
A sharp and bitter hatred.
"Her acrimony for her neighbors manifests itself with shouting and stomping."
🔄 Synonyms of "Acrimony"
3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| bitternessnoun | The quality of having a bitter taste. |
| acerbitynoun | Harshness, bitterness, or severity |
| jaundicenoun | (pathology) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine. |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| bitternessnoun | The quality of having a bitter taste. |
| acerbitynoun | Harshness, bitterness, or severity |
| jaundicenoun | (pathology) A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine. |
| grievancenoun | (countable) A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint. |
| malicenoun | Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune. |
| invectivenoun | A severe or violent censure or reproach. |
| strifenoun | Bitter conflict, sometimes violent. |
| acuminationnoun | A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point. |
| venomnoun | An animal toxin intended for defensive or offensive use; a biological poison delivered by bite, sting, etc., to protect an animal or to kill its prey. |
| hatenoun | Hatred. |
| causticismnoun | A caustic attitude or utterance. |
| sharp tonguenoun | (idiomatic) The practice or characteristic of speaking to others in a harsh, critical, or insulting manner. |
| excoriationnoun | A severe verbal denouncing. |
| bad bloodnoun | Feelings of hostility or ill will. |
| viciousnessnoun | the desire to cause harm to others; extreme cruelty |
| agonynoun | Extreme pain. |
| diatribenoun | An abusive, bitter verbal or written attack, criticism or denunciation. |
| execrationnoun | An act or instance of cursing; a curse dictated by violent feelings of hatred; an imprecation; an expression of utter detestation. |
| scorchernoun | (colloquial) A very hot day. |
| aggravationnoun | The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences. |
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