J22333324acrimoniousSpoken.39Fiction.24Magazine.61Newspaper.107Academic.93acrimonious
/ˌækrɪˈməʊnjəs/adjective
(typically of speech or a debate) angry and bitter
(尤指言词、辩论)激烈的, 尖刻的:
an acrimonious dispute about wages.
关于工资的激烈争论。
派生词
词源
early 17th cent.(in the sense 'bitter, pungent'): from
ACRIMONY +
-OUS.