Definition of ACRIMONIOUS

acrimonious

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • marked by strong resentment or cynicism
    • "an acrimonious dispute"

Adj

  • 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.

Origin / Etymology

From acrimony + -ous; compare French acrimonieux (“acrimonious”), from Latin ācrimōniōsus (“acrimonious”), from ācrimōnia (“pungency, sharpness; acrimony, austerity”) + -ōsus (suffix meaning “full of; prone to”, forming adjectives from nouns) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-went- or *-wont- + *-to-). Ācrimōnia is derived from Latin ācer (“sharp; bitter, sour”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós (“sharp”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) + *-rós (suffix forming adjectives from Caland system roots)) + Latin -mōnia (the feminine form of -mōnium (suffix forming collective nouns and nouns designating legal status or obligation), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-mō (suffix forming agent nouns from verbs)).

Antonyms

nonacrimonious

Scrabble Score: 15

acrimonious is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 19

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