acrimonious
adjective/ˌækrɪˈməʊniəs/
/ˌækrɪˈməʊniəs/
(formal)- (of an argument, etc.) angry and full of strong bitter feelings and words synonym bitter
- His parents went through an acrimonious divorce.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAcrimonious is used with these nouns:- debate
- dispute
- divorce
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘bitter, pungent’): from acrimony + -ous.
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