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    [Noun]  | "ac*ri*mo*ny" | \ ˈa-krə-ˌmō-nē \


    1: anger and bitterness : harsh or biting sharpness especially of words, manner, or feelings

    Origin: 1542 ;

     Borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French acrimonie, borrowed from Latin ācrimōnia, from ācr-, ācer "sharp, biting, keen" + -mōnia, suffix of abstract nouns (going back to the Indo-European noun-forming suffix *-mĕ̄n-/*-mŏ̄n- + the abstract noun formative *-i-) {mat|acr-|};

    [Noun]  | "acrimony" 


    1: biting sharpness of feeling or expression;


      * e.g., " ... she responded with such acrimony that he never brought the subject up again "




    2: a harsh or sharp quality;


      * e.g., " ... the acrimony of his parting words shocked everyone in the office "



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     [ "acrimonious" ]

    1: stinging, bitter in temper or tone

      * e.g.,  ... An acrimonious debate between the two candidates. 

     [ "Acrimonial" ]

    1: A negative endorsement of a product, person, service , brand etc the opposite of testimonial.

      * e.g.,  ... after a poor experience at a restaurant people often send out a stinging acrimonial using Twitter. 

     [ "Acrimony" ]

    1: Harsh or biting sharpness of language or fealings - Acrimonious, acrimoniously, acrimoniousness.

      * e.g.,  ... Your acrimony has caused many a harsh situation in the classroom. 

     [ "holy acrimony" ]

    1: Mondegreen of the phrase "holy matrimony" - most likely as a deliberate Freudian slip, to refer to the state of being married and miserable.

      * e.g.,  ... Dost thou take this man to be thy awfully dreaded husband? 

     [ "acrimonious Albert" ]

    1: acrimonious: bitter/angry Albert: who is named albert?

      * e.g.,  ... the vampire of a person: *walks into the room* 

     [ "acrimonious Albert" ]

    2: someone that sucks all the good energy from the room like a vampire and makes everyone bitter like them

      * e.g.,  ... all of us: “can you stop being a acrimonious Albert” vampire: *dies on stop because they can’t be in a good mood for one second* 

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