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
Louisiana Tech's football team is currently listed on both the Sun Belt and Conference USA league schedules as the Bulldogs' acrimonious departure from Conference USA continues to drag out.
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ABC News, 13 Mar. 2026
Washington — The Senate failed again on Thursday to advance a measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security, with the impasse growing increasingly acrimonious nearly a month into the partial shutdown.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
In the breakup between Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Mass General Brigham, the sides have decided to go with conscious uncoupling rather than an acrimonious divorce.
—Jessica Bartlett — Boston Globe, STAT, 10 Mar. 2026
That was the Crowes’ first new release in 14 years, and the first since the Robinsons reactivated the band in 2019 after a mostly acrimonious five-year hiatus.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 13 Mar. 2026
Washington — The Senate failed again on Thursday to advance a measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security, with the impasse growing increasingly acrimonious nearly a month into the partial shutdown.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
In the breakup between Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Mass General Brigham, the sides have decided to go with conscious uncoupling rather than an acrimonious divorce.
—Jessica Bartlett — Boston Globe, STAT, 10 Mar. 2026
That was the Crowes’ first new release in 14 years, and the first since the Robinsons reactivated the band in 2019 after a mostly acrimonious five-year hiatus.
—Gary Graff, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acrimonious
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But, Trump is not popular overall with most California voters, who are angry with him for sending federal troops and immigration officers to the state, and not sending enough federal funding to help wildfire victims in Los Angeles, said McCuan, the Sonoma State professor.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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No angry, in-your-face, Twitter-like battles were instigated.—
Aaron Everitt,
STAT,
10 Apr. 2026
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After long and sometimes rancorous negotiations to get the state of Illinois to help build their new football palace, either in Arlington Heights or on the lakefront, the Bears seemingly gave up Thursday and went full-metal Hoosier.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
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Mourinho, the 63-year-old finally living the dream of managing his boyhood club after a rancorous nine-game stint at the start of his coaching career, celebrating with a starry-eyed kid dreaming of being on the pitch for the first team one day.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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My lymph glands became swollen and sore, my entire back broke out in blisters, and a series of blisters appeared on my arm from the wrist almost to the armpit.—
Dr. C. E. Kuschel,
Outdoor Life,
9 Apr. 2026
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Say goodbye to back pain and sore muscles with the Chirp Wheel XR 3-Pack, your at-home toolkit for extreme relief.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Wally, too cynical to apprentice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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The Season 3 premiere is no different, plunging viewers back into Sam Levinson‘s provocative story about young people searching for meaning and connection in a chaotic, often cynical, world.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
12 Apr. 2026
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Reminders come too with Emmy winner Jim Parsons, who is deliciously over-the-top as Ruth, Rose's bitter and controlling mother.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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Gonzales and Herrera had previously been locked in a bitter battle for the Republican nomination for TX-23, advancing to a runoff election after neither candidate received more than 50% of the vote.—
Lauren Peller,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The latest twist in the embittered legal feud follows Semafor’s reporting that press releases sent by Musk lawyer Marc Toberoff — which used to come from a PR firm — are now being sent by WME.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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Asia reunites with her estranged sibling and, with the help of embittered staffer Ray (Paterson Joseph), tries to make her way up through the fortresslike building to find an escape.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2026
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Verified video and photos from the region showed how sprawling strikes across parts of Beirut, southern Lebanon and the eastern Bekaa Valley shot towering columns of acrid smoke into the sky above the capital and sparked a desperate evacuation.—
Matt Bradley,
NBC news,
8 Apr. 2026
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The dots soon became acrid splotches of oil.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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But being attuned to our own needs and desires tends to leave us feeling more satisfied and fulfilled and less resentful and angry.—
Joy Harden Bradford,
AJC.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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Angered when his ally Munim Khan was replaced by Shams-ud-din as vakil (prime minister), Adham Khan, who was already resentful after his recall from Malwa, stormed into the court with his supporters on May 16, 1562, and murdered Shams-ud-din in the audience hall.—
Tamanna Nangia,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Acrimonious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acrimonious. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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