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acrimony

Meaning

A state of feeling or expression characterized by harshness, bitterness, and resentment.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

The argument between the siblings was full of acrimony. Their voices were sharp, their words like stones. Resentment had built up for years, and now it spilled out with every bitter exchange, leaving both of them feeling hurt and angry.

The prize was theirs, but the victory tasted sour. Their reunion, meant to be joyful, dissolved into a bitter dispute over ownership. Every shared memory was twisted into an accusation, a harsh exchange fueling their deep resentment. The air thickened with their acrimony.

The pottery class ended with a sharp exchange. After weeks of whispered critiques and stolen glazes, the tension finally broke. Their final, uneven bowls sat between them, relics of the acrimony that had simmered, leaving a bitter taste in the air as they packed up their tools.

My cat, Bartholomew, greeted my new goldfish with such acrimony, he hissed and puffed up like a fuzzy, furious balloon. The goldfish just blew bubbles, unimpressed by Bartholomew's bitter, resentful glare.

Barnaby the badger, usually a sweet sort, met the new worm population with surprising acrimony. He grumbled about their wiggly ways and the sheer nerve of them tunneling through his prize-winning dandelions, his whiskers twitching with a deep, unreasonable grumpiness.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

Their debate ended not with agreement, but with a heavy silence, thick with the acrimony of past slights and unspoken resentments. Harsh words had been exchanged, leaving a bitter taste in everyone's mouth.

The auctioneer's gavel fell, but the bidding war wasn't over. Two collectors, previously cordial, now glared, their voices laced with acrimony. The antique taxidermied squirrel with the tiny top hat had clearly stirred up more than just dust.

The old inventors stared at each other, a long silence filled with the acrimony of years of stolen patents and whispered betrayals. Their faces were tight, the air thick with the bitter resentment of a shared dream twisted by their rivalry. Each held their prototype tighter, their hands trembling.

My Uncle Bob's divorce was a masterpiece of acrimony; he accused Aunt Carol of hoarding all the good Tupperware, and she retaliated by hiding his favorite golf putter. Their arguments echoed through the neighborhood, a testament to their truly remarkable bitterness.

Barnaby Buttercup, a renowned competitive kazooist, stormed off stage after his rival, Penelope Plonk, intentionally played a detuned note during his solo. The resulting acrimony between the two fueled whispers of a kazoo-based duel, with pineapple-scented breath mints as the prize.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

The siblings' argument escalated quickly, fueled by years of unspoken grievances. Their harsh words and bitter accusations hung in the air, a palpable acrimony that revealed their deep resentment for one another.

The once-close siblings argued over the heirloom teapot. Years of unspoken grievances surfaced, their voices sharp with acrimony as they hurled accusations about who deserved it more. The bitter resentment between them choked the air, a tangible weight in the room.

The siblings' inheritance dispute dissolved any semblance of familial warmth. Their arguments, once passionate discussions, now dripped with acrimony, each word a calculated jab designed to inflict maximum emotional pain. Years of unspoken resentments festered, erupting in a bitter exchange over a chipped porcelain teacup.

The inherited teapot, a ghastly floral monstrosity, fueled years of acrimony between the sisters. Their squabbles, laced with spite and vinegar, were legendary. Aunt Mildred swore the thing was possessed, its very presence exuding a palpable bitterness that made even polite conversation a gauntlet of simmering resentment.

Brenda's attempt to explain the proper way to fold a fitted sheet to her prize-winning poodle, Reginald, dissolved into pure acrimony. Reginald, a creature of purebred elegance, responded to Brenda's increasingly shrill directives with a series of disdainful snorts and a perfectly executed, albeit passive-aggressive, rear-end display.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

The siblings’ posthumous inheritance dispute descended into pure acrimony. Years of suppressed grievances bubbled to the surface, each accusation laced with the bitterness of perceived injustices. Their once-loving familial connection was now a volatile crucible of resentment.

The protracted legal dispute over the salvaged artifacts only escalated, their attorneys trading accusations with increasing acrimony. Each deposition dripped with the bitterness of past betrayals, the resentment over perceived slights fueling their relentless antagonism, making any potential settlement feel impossibly distant.

After the acrimony of the shareholders' meeting, the hushed boardroom still vibrated with their vindictive pronouncements. Years of perceived slights had solidified into a palpable resentment, each unspoken accusation a barb waiting to be launched.

Bartholomew, a veritable sybarite, approached the dessert trolley with such palpable acrimony that the pastry chef, a man whose jowls quivered with trepidation, visibly flinched. Bartholomew's grievance? A singular macaron, allegedly bereft of adequate pistachio essence, had ignited a tempest of gastronomic disillusionment.

The perpetually dyspeptic gnome, Bartholomew, harbored such profound acrimony towards his neighbor's ostentatious display of luminous fungi that he began meticulously cataloging their iridescent cap fluctuations, convinced each shimmer was a personal affront to his own, decidedly less phosphorescent, garden gnome collection.

Difficulty

Advanced — Less frequent words that stretch an upper-level vocabulary.

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