Acrimonious is an English word with synonyms like bitter or resentful. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Acrimonious meaning
- Harsh and sharp, or bitter and not pleasant to the taste; acrid, pungent.
- Angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter, mean-spirited, sharp in language or tone.
Using Acrimonious
- The main meaning on this page is: Harsh and sharp, or bitter and not pleasant to the taste; acrid, pungent. | Angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter, mean-spirited, sharp in language or tone.
- Useful related words include: bitter, resentful.
- In the example corpus, acrimonious often appears in combinations such as: an acrimonious, and acrimonious, acrimonious relationship.
Context around Acrimonious
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Acrimonious
- In this selection, "acrimonious" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, increasingly, famously, feels, departure, split and relationship stand out and add context to how "acrimonious" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 7 the acrimonious polarization that and a famously acrimonious split from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "acrimonious" sits close to words such as aac, abdication and adventist, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with acrimonious
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The couple announced their split in 2016, and the break-up has been an acrimonious one. (16 words)
It feels acrimonious to use the BLM to skirt the state and take users off the federal lands. (18 words)
Also, it was weird to everyone that Phil stayed on This Morning when her leaving had been so acrimonious. (19 words)
Although was only on the field a matter of minutes, felt it was a 'really good thing for him to mentally just deal with' and 'get it out of the way' following the 22-year-old's acrimonious departure. (39 words)
The acrimonious divorce hasn’t stopped the celebrity derm from hitting the social scene, as eyewitnesses told Page Six last month that Howard was already “chatting up women” at the Northwell Health Katz Institute for Women’s Health event. (39 words)
It was a risky coup that ultimately put paid to a lengthy acrimonious board room battle while providing Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm a corporate victory lap focused on rekindling a damaged relationship with the Mongolian government. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Although was only on the field a matter of minutes, felt it was a 'really good thing for him to mentally just deal with' and 'get it out of the way' following the 22-year-old's acrimonious departure.
An acrimonious leadership contest to replace her saw contenders feud over tactics and Sturgeon's legacy, particularly a bill she introduced to make it easier for people to legally change gender.
A war of words has erupted between the EFF and IFP amid an acrimonious split which could see the IFP losing some municipalities in KZN.
But since Oct. 7, the acrimonious polarization that had gripped Israel over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to weaken the country’s courts has largely been replaced with an outburst of national unity.
Coming at the same time as his acrimonious United exit, Ronaldo's failed quest to finally win the World Cup underlined his descent to the ranks of football's mere mortals.
Costner, 68, endured a famously acrimonious split from Baumgartner - with whom he shares three children - with a judge ordering the Yellowstone actor to pay $63,000-a-month for their kids and the prenup enforced.
Ending more than a year of acrimonious talks, UK and EU negotiators agree a draft divorce deal on November 13, 2018.
For this piece we relaxed to the max, trying a wide range of slippers and house shoes at different price points during a month of increasingly acrimonious weather.
It feels acrimonious to use the BLM to skirt the state and take users off the federal lands.
It was a risky coup that ultimately put paid to a lengthy acrimonious board room battle while providing Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm a corporate victory lap focused on rekindling a damaged relationship with the Mongolian government.
Kim is also keen to "move forward" with her life, following her acrimonious break-up from Kanye and her split from Pete.
Microsoft is not likely to take no for an answer lightly and their press statements regarding the ruling are already acrimonious.
The acrimonious divorce hasn’t stopped the celebrity derm from hitting the social scene, as eyewitnesses told Page Six last month that Howard was already “chatting up women” at the Northwell Health Katz Institute for Women’s Health event.
Israel and Hassan Nasrallah have a very long history of acrimonious relationship that incidentally has nothing to do with Palestine.
It maintains relatively friendly ties to the United States, however, and has struggled with an increasingly acrimonious relationship with China.
Mr Cheston also had an acrimonious departure from Country Road, the men’s and women’s clothing retailer he led for less than three months before leaving in 2010.
Ten years ago this month, the United States and Cuba reached a historic deal to normalize diplomatic relations, which was intended to end decades of acrimonious conflict between the two countries and bring prosperity to Cuba.
The couple announced their split in 2016, and the break-up has been an acrimonious one.
The Senate leadership earlier promised to take up RBH 6 next week in hopes of ending an acrimonious word war between both chambers of Congress.
Also, it was weird to everyone that Phil stayed on This Morning when her leaving had been so acrimonious.
Common combinations with acrimonious
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an acrimonious 27×
- and acrimonious 7×
- acrimonious relationship 6×
- the acrimonious 5×
- his acrimonious 5×
- acrimonious and 5×
- acrimonious departure 4×
- of acrimonious 4×
- acrimonious divorce 4×
- increasingly acrimonious 3×