[responsivevoice]Acrimonious[/responsivevoice] [ak-ruh-moh-nee-uh s]
The word of the day is ‘acrimonious’.
The word is an adjective, i.e. it adds more information about the noun/sentence.
No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Nasty behavior
2. Nasty speech
3. Angry and bitter action or speech
1. The answers which he received from Versailles were cold and acrimonious.
2. The discussions in the committee seem to have been acrimonious.
3. And how easily can we imagine the acrimonious discussions that went on!
4. His speech, on the whole, was not regarded as hostile or acrimonious.
5. There is little of the acrimonious or the fault-finding note in his pages.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
bitter, rancorous, caustic, acerbic, scathing, sarcastic, acid, harsh, sharp, razor-edged, cutting, astringent, trenchant, mordant, virulent, spiteful, vicious, crabbed, vitriolic, savage, hostile, hate-filled, venomous, poisonous, nasty, ill-natured, mean, malign, malicious, malignant, waspish, pernicious, splenetic, irascible, choleric, bitchy, catty, slashing, acidulous, mordacious, envenomed, squint-eyed, etc.
Some antonyms of this word of the day are:
happy, helping, kind, nice, kindly, mild, pleasant, peaceable, etc.
Quotation:
My parents split up when I was young, and they are still good friends. I think it’s often projected that these things have to be so acrimonious. It’s so often not the case.
Miranda Otto
Social Example:
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