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
Trump, Musk feud explodes into the open A bubbling feud between the US president and his highest-profile advisor and backer escalated into acrimonious public recriminations.
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Ben Smith, semafor.com, 6 June 2025
His little sister Charlotte (Portman), facing an acrimonious divorce, has settled into a staid routine as a mom and art curator.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 22 May 2025
Biden defeated Trump in the 2020 presidential race after an acrimonious campaign.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 19 May 2025
The announcement followed an acrimonious public breakup with Sir Ben Ainslie, INEOS’s former team captain.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 16 May 2025
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Ben Smith, semafor.com, 6 June 2025
His little sister Charlotte (Portman), facing an acrimonious divorce, has settled into a staid routine as a mom and art curator.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 22 May 2025
Biden defeated Trump in the 2020 presidential race after an acrimonious campaign.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 19 May 2025
The announcement followed an acrimonious public breakup with Sir Ben Ainslie, INEOS’s former team captain.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acrimonious
Adjective
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Without Flagg, asking angry fans for more money may have sent Welts back into another round of retirement.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2025
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Mamdani’s victory fits the emerging pattern of angry and fed-up voters from across the spectrum, as some notable anti-establishment populists have swept to victory in the US and across the globe on both the left and the right.—
Time,
Time,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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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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The accompanying article described a rancorous public hearing at which representatives from the municipal unions and minority communities denounced the mayor’s proposals for mass layoffs in the city’s workforce and deep cuts in its public education and social service programs.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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The spa menu boasts a long list of bodywork treatments options, including the fire & ice massage, which soothes sore muscles with a combination of hot stones and cooling recovery balm, facials and body scrubs using ingredients from the forest, and a fireside massage package for two.—
Elizabeth Brownfield,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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In a picturesque suburban neighborhood, the ashen structure sticks out like a sore thumb.—
Sam Blum,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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Mamdani proposes to pay for these splendid gifts to the city’s voters by raising taxes even further on the city’s top income earners, in the cynical belief that those who make up his tax base are stuck there, cannot flee, and are thus cows to be helplessly milked.—
The Editors,
National Review,
25 June 2025
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Too often, leaders are stuck between moral maximalism and cynical cost-cutting.—
HEC Paris Insights,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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But the two mainstays of the game are far from bitter rivals.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
27 June 2025
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Pashinyan was the focus of protests last year by tens of thousands of demonstrators after Armenia agreed to hand over control of several border villages to Azerbaijan and to normalize relations between the neighbors and bitter rivals.—
Avet Demourian,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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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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Sauza Signature Blue Blanco: An unexpected combination of sweet and acrid in Sauza’s blanco struck some of our tasters as strange, and other contenders struck a better balance.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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The grief of this loss has left him unengaged with his new life, resentful of Olga for her busy military career surveilling orbital debris, and uninterested in making friends.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
17 June 2025
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This is because, little under a year after being handed a landslide majority by the U.K. electorate, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government is deeply unpopular and thrashing around for ways to appease a surly and resentful public.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
11 June 2025
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