as in angry
having or showing deep-seated resentment
an acrimonious parting between the two former friends
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Recent Examples of acrimonious
In the medium to long term, my concern has to do with the acrimonious relationship between Iran and Israel which would likely continue.
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Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
Feelings were so acrimonious afterward that the town posted an explanation on its website.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2025
But Thursday brought a far more acrimonious and personal tone to the exchanges.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 5 June 2025
Two years ago, the Lightning decided not to engage Stamkos in such talks, which resulted in an awkward final year of the captain’s contract and an acrimonious split last offseason.
—Eduardo A. Encina, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025
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Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
Feelings were so acrimonious afterward that the town posted an explanation on its website.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2025
But Thursday brought a far more acrimonious and personal tone to the exchanges.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 5 June 2025
Two years ago, the Lightning decided not to engage Stamkos in such talks, which resulted in an awkward final year of the captain’s contract and an acrimonious split last offseason.
—Eduardo A. Encina, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acrimonious
Adjective
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Others were frustrated—some even outright angry—that the Commission fell short of declaring all forms of obesity a disease and instead recommended a more nuanced clinical diagnosis.—
Francesco Rubino,
Time,
9 July 2025
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Most of the time, Superman is depressed or angry or getting beat to a pulp or having cans thrown at him or getting arrested.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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The avoidable editorial error collided with Channel 4 broadcasting Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, a documentary that the BBC formally scotched just days earlier amid a rancorous dispute over the impartiality of the filmmakers involved in telling the stories of warzone medics.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
4 July 2025
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Even as the pair’s relationship grew rancorous, the company kept growing, reaching revenue of just over $700 million in 2018.—
Phoebe Liu,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Richardson, who was dealing with a sore right ankle during summer league practices in Orlando, exited early in the third quarter, but was able to return in the final frame.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 July 2025
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Chisholm missed five weeks toward the beginning of the season with a right oblique strain, then sat out of Sunday’s Subway Series finale at Citi Field for a sore right shoulder.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
11 July 2025
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The cynical view would be that Trump is looking for a reason to have federal troops join ICE in rounding up undocumented immigrants that Mamdani tries to protect, and to arrest local officials who get in their way.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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Created by cartoonist Jim Davis, the Garfield comic strip debuted in June 1978 and follows the cynical and lazy orange cat and his interactions with his owner, Jon Arbuckle, and fellow pet Odie, the lovable dog.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
8 July 2025
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There were no bitter comments blaming liberal forest-management policies.—
Nick Allardice,
Time,
10 July 2025
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Public records show the home belongs to former Councilman Bill Sanders, who ran for mayor and lost last year after a years-long history of bitter clashes with other city officials and staff.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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Wearing a mask to filter out the acrid tang of sulfates and carbon soot, Wu uses his phone’s camera to capture the license plates and company markings on the buses, then a nearby address, then the school’s façade.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Curbed,
3 Sep. 2024
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As a sanitation worker in New York City for almost two decades, Mr. Martin is well accustomed to tossing bags of acrid, leaky garbage from the curb into the back of a truck.—
Emma G. Fitzsimmons,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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Amber Tamblyn starred as Tibby, who, with her green-streaked hair and resentful attitude, is among the more rebellious girls in the sisterhood.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 June 2025
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Set in the not-very-distant future, cancer has been cured, meaning people are living well past 100, but still retiring around 65 or so, and their demands for the social safety net destroys the economy, leaving a frightfully resentful younger generation with the burden.—
Brian Boone,
Vulture,
18 June 2025
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“Acrimonious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acrimonious. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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