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Definition of acrimonious:

  • (adjective) marked by strong resentment or cynicism

Sentence Examples:

Little acrimonious discussion developed.

Controversies are apt to be acrimonious.

Resigned after acrimonious correspondence same year.

A discussion, acrimonious and prolonged, followed.

An acrimonious correspondence then takes place.

And did the argument become acrimonious?

It led to a somewhat acrimonious debate.

Out of this grew an acrimonious correspondence.

Not, however, without much acrimonious debate.

The discussion was earnest, often acrimonious.

This campaign was unusually acrimonious everywhere.

You seem to be rather acrimonious about her.

He repeated, in her own acrimonious tone.

Chaplin and others in an acrimonious debate.

Seldom have there been such acrimonious discussions.

They are often more acrimonious than politicians.

This contest was of an acrimonious character.

Terry, after some acrimonious correspondence, challenged Broderick.

A journalist pleasantly blames this acrimonious controversy.

Dr Johnson calls that an acrimonious attack!

After much acrimonious debate the matter ended.

Lady Georgina was clever, and therefore acrimonious.

The flat was full of acrimonious words.

Its taste is extremely bitter and acrimonious.

Snarled Red Bill, stung into acrimonious retort.

The monarch's countenance became more thoughtful; less acrimonious.

He was an acrimonious quarrel all by himself.

Reed's lecture became the subject of acrimonious attack.

I looked at him; such a faint, acrimonious smile.

A vast quantity of acrimonious criticism originates in envy.

His pen was more acrimonious than his heart.

Then the discussion assumed a very acrimonious character.

Such women became more acrimonious with each new birthday.

The debate lost its academic calm and became acrimonious.

His appearance puts a stop to all acrimonious remarks.

The discussions in the committee seem to have been acrimonious.

The debates of the Convention are violent and acrimonious.

Messages long and acrimonious were exchanged between the parties.

But after an acrimonious controversy, Rojas won the day.

So, after many acrimonious disputes, the negotiation fell through.

From the distant reception rooms he heard acrimonious voices.

This led to an acrimonious 417 controversy with Robert Hooke.

She said, with an acrimonious emphasis on the feminine pronoun.

But he was still as acrimonious as he dared to be.

An excited and acrimonious debate, extending over several days, followed.

Gallagher had written down every word of an acrimonious debate.

The debate over Clay's Omnibus Bill was long and acrimonious.

Acrimonious and cynical, he is always sincere, and never dull.

There was an acrimonious correspondence between them on the subject.

In any event it was bound to produce an acrimonious controversy.

The result of the election became the subject of acrimonious dispute.

The subject led to an acrimonious debate in the Common Council.

Polly received her, as was to be expected, with acrimonious defiance.

At the Sunday dinner the same acrimonious feelings were again exhibited.

The discussion which followed was able, excited, and even acrimonious.

Russell, with considerable abilities, was proud, acrimonious, restless, and violent.

It aroused a debate so acrimonious that even the Derrick suppressed it.

The contention became acrimonious, and the alienation of friendships was widespread.

In these often acrimonious controversies, Sherman himself took a leading part.

In fear of acrimonious discussion this was railroaded through in two minutes.

It has led to a deal of unnecessarily acrimonious and barren dispute.

By their gestures they seemed to be engaged in an acrimonious discussion.

We are upon the threshold of a most bitter and acrimonious fight.

A very acrimonious dispute followed, of which I have no clear recollection.

The contest was one of the most acrimonious in our national history.

Hamilton and Lansing debated with a lively exchange of acrimonious wit.

Garlic emits the most acrimonious smell of all the onion tribe.

I resigned myself thereto with a feeling half stupid, half acrimonious.

Multitudes flocked around him, and these gatherings resulted in acrimonious quarrels.

On an occasion like this, one naturally wishes to avoid any acrimonious talk.

There was a certain acrimonious flavor about this, and Waters intervened.

I resigned myself thereto, with a feeling half stupid, half acrimonious.

Debate ran high on this and like questions, and became intensely acrimonious.

Foreign affairs originated some acrimonious debates in both Houses during the Session.

Even our party divisions, acrimonious as they are, cease at the water's edge.

During those minutes a somewhat acrimonious discussion broke out in the dining-room.

And how easily can we imagine the acrimonious discussions that went on!

His speech, on the whole, was not regarded as hostile or acrimonious.

I have summarized an argument which was really prolonged and very acrimonious.

Well, if you are so confident, there is no occasion to be acrimonious about Elinor.

He repeated the phrase of her previous confession with a certain acrimonious emphasis.

There is little of the acrimonious or the fault-finding note in his pages.

I thought of my victory over the acrimonious photographer at the railroad station.

At this time an acrimonious jealousy existed between the civil and military authorities.

It evolved an acrimonious reply, in which he was bidden to be more respectful.

One evening, as uncle and nephew dined, there had been an acrimonious dispute.

It has been said that the discussion was acrimonious and the separation final.

Cried Bob, when he heard her acrimonious charges against Clem and Jack.

It is this which explains the acrimonious debates of the next two years.

By Stewart had been drawn up the violent and acrimonious manifesto of Argyle.

It takes a mighty acrimonious quarrel to stand a college reunion around a breakfast table.

The debate that followed Sir Michael Hicks Beach's motion was long and acrimonious.

A bitter and acrimonious fight grew out of a discussion in relation to this bird.

He was inclined to regret his retreat from the acrimonious voices as being premature.

The debate on the Address in the session of 1889 was prolonged and acrimonious.

There had been active and even acrimonious opposition, but who could compete with him?

This quality accounts for the acrimonious effects too many have experienced by its use.

This step had been gradually led up to by an acrimonious exchange of diplomatic votes.

Little used but as an application to ulcers, where the discharge is thin and acrimonious.

It became acrimonious.