acrimony

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   bitter anger or ill feeling expressed in speech, behavior, or a dispute

   Despite months of acrimony, the two sides eventually returned to negotiations.

Borrowed through Middle French acrimonie from Latin acrimonia, 'sharpness, pungency,' from acer, 'sharp, sour.' English preserved the image of something biting or caustic but shifted it from literal sharpness to bitterness of temper, words, and disputes.

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