ACRIMONIOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acrimonious mean? 

• ACRIMONIOUS (adjective)
  The adjective ACRIMONIOUS has 1 sense:

1. marked by strong resentment or cynicism

  Familiarity information: ACRIMONIOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACRIMONIOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marked by strong resentment or cynicism

Synonyms:

acrimonious; bitter

Context example:

bitter about the divorce

Similar:

resentful (full of or marked by resentment or indignant ill will)

Derivation:

acrimony (a rough and bitter manner)

 Context examples 

'Challenger, George Edward. Born: Largs, N. B., 1863. Educ.: Largs Academy; Edinburgh University. British Museum Assistant, 1892. Assistant-Keeper of Comparative Anthropology Department, 1893. Resigned after acrimonious correspondence same year. Winner of Crayston Medal for Zoological Research. Foreign Member of'—well, quite a lot of things, about two inches of small type—'Societe Belge, American Academy of Sciences, La Plata, etc., etc. Ex-President Palaeontological Society. Section H, British Association'—so on, so on!—'Publications: Some Observations Upon a Series of Kalmuck Skulls; Outlines of Vertebrate Evolution; and numerous papers, including The underlying fallacy of Weissmannism, which caused heated discussion at the Zoological Congress of Vienna. Recreations: Walking, Alpine climbing. Address: Enmore Park, Kensington, W.' There, take it with you.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)