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synonyms for acrimony

  • animosity
  • antagonism
  • belligerence
  • bitterness
  • ill feeling
  • ill will
  • rancor
  • acerbity
  • antipathy
  • asperity
  • astringency
  • crankiness
  • harshness
  • irascibility
  • malevolence
  • malice
  • peevishness
  • rudeness
  • sarcasm
  • spite
  • tartness
  • unkindness
  • virulence
  • churlishness
  • mordancy
On this page you'll find 71 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to acrimony, such as: animosity, antagonism, belligerence, bitterness, ill feeling, and ill will.

antonyms for acrimony

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  • good will
  • love
  • benevolence
  • kindness
  • liking
  • mildness
  • sympathy
  • civility
  • courtesy
  • diplomacy
  • flattery
  • politeness
  • sweetness
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How to use acrimony in a sentence

I don’t remember any acrimony between my mother and my father.
IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY INSIDE THE HEAD OF ROB MCELHENNEYEUGENE ROBINSONJUNE 11, 2021OZY
DeSantis also signed the bill last Thursday at a signing ceremony that was closed to all members of the press except Fox News, contributing to the partisan acrimony over the legislation.
WHERE REPUBLICANS HAVE MADE IT HARDER TO VOTE (SO FAR)NATHANIEL RAKICH (NATHANIEL.RAKICH@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)MAY 11, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
Ending the filibuster would only ramp up partisan acrimony and increase the level of fear and anxiety around American elections.
KEEP THE FILIBUSTER, THERE ARE BETTER WAYS TO REFORM A BROKEN SYSTEMDAVID FRENCHMARCH 23, 2021TIME
It took about as long after that for everyone else at the Capitol to look around and realize that those bumpers might relegate the next two years to paralysis, standoffs and acrimony.
JOE MANCHIN IN THE MIDDLEPHILIP ELLIOTTMARCH 10, 2021TIME
In 2019, the acrimony spilled into contentious city council elections that ended in the defeat of most Amazon-backed candidates.
AMAZON PLEDGES $2 BILLION FOR AFFORDABLE HOMES NEAR U.S. CITIESVERNE KOPYTOFFJANUARY 6, 2021FORTUNE
How do they reason upon a dogma, and quarrel with acrimony about a system of which even themselves can comprehend nothing?
LETTERS TO EUGENIAPAUL HENRI THIRY HOLBACH
The affairs of the village are discussed without acrimony, and a certain amount of understanding arrived at.
THE HILLS AND THE VALERICHARD JEFFERIES
The Jesuits, in a phase of ascendancy, persecuted and insulted the Buddhists with great acrimony.
THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY: BEING A PLAIN HISTORY OF LIFE AND MANKINDHERBERT GEORGE WELLS
We are told that there prevailed between the two a great and reciprocal acrimony.
PLATO AND THE OTHER COMPANIONS OF SOKRATES, 3RD ED. VOLUME III (OF 4)GEORGE GROTE
The bread question was the topic of the hour, and gave rise to more acrimony than had any antecedent injustice.
THE SIEGE OF KIMBERLEYT. PHELAN
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WORDS RELATED TO ACRIMONY

  • acerbity
  • acidity
  • acridness
  • acrimony
  • causticity
  • incisiveness
  • mordacity
  • mordancy
  • sharpness
  • trenchancy
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