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# acrimonious

«acrimonious» in Mova's school dictionary: **Full of angry, bitter feelings and harsh words, usually…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (acrimonious, more acrimonious, most acrimonious)

### meaning for a pupil

(formal) Full of angry, bitter feelings and harsh words, usually about an argument, meeting or split. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acrimonious/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in news and stories about arguments, divorces or meetings that went badly. It tells the reader there was real anger and bitterness, not just a mild disagreement. Phrases: an acrimonious debate, an acrimonious divorce, acrimonious split.

### examples

- The meeting became acrimonious, and people shouted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acrimonious/#x1)
- The band had an acrimonious split. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acrimonious/#x2)
- After an acrimonious argument, the neighbours stopped talking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acrimonious/#x3)
- The debate was long and acrimonious. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acrimonious/#x4)
- Their divorce was acrimonious. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acrimonious/#x5)
- The game ended in an acrimonious row about the score. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acrimonious/#x6)

### note

Formal, mostly written. Noun: acrimony. Everyday words: bitter, nasty, angry. Pronounced ak-ri-MOH-nee-us.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «acrimonious» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/acrimonious/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.