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[syn: acrimonious, bitter]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Acrimonious \Ac"ri*mo"ni*ous\, a. [Cf. LL. acrimonious, F.
acrimonieux.]
1. Acrid; corrosive; as, acrimonious gall. [Archaic]
--Harvey.
[1913 Webster]
2. Caustic; bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious
dispute, language, temper.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
acrimonious
adj 1: marked by strong resentment or cynicism; "an acrimonious
dispute"; "bitter about the divorce" [syn: acrimonious,
bitter]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "acrimonious":
acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous,
acrid, astringent, belligerent, biting, bitter, burning, caustic,
choleric, contentious, corroding, corrosive, cranky, cross,
cutting, double-edged, edged, embittered, escharotic, fierce,
harsh, incisive, indignant, irascible, irate, ireful, keen, mad,
mordacious, mordant, penetrating, piercing, poignant, quarrelsome,
rancorous, rankled, resentful, resenting, rigorous, rough,
scathing, scorching, severe, sharp, sore, splenetic, stabbing,
stewing, stinging, strident, stringent, tart, testy, trenchant,
vehement, violent, virulent, vitriolic, withering, wrathful,
wrathy, wroth