(n.) A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants.
(n.) Sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners.
Example Sentences:
(1) For retrospective action to be taken, and an FA charge to follow, the decision of the panel must be unanimous.” The match between the sides ended in acrimony and two City red cards.
(2) Amid the acrimony of the failed debate on the Malaysia Agreement, something was missed or forgotten: many in the left had changed their mind.
(3) But some wise old heads sniff into their handkerchiefs because they have sat through too many costly "happy ever after" ceremonies that ended in acrimony.
(4) The sniping followed an article by Cameron in the Sunday Times , in which he called on the coalition to provide a "strong, decisive and united government" in the wake of acrimonious splits over Lords reform, warning that the public will not stand for "division and navel-gazing" at a time of social and economic insecurity.
(5) People didn't see, because it was so chaotic and acrimonious, that the Copenhagen accord turned out to be a strong platform for going forward.
(6) Exchanges between the parties became increasingly acrimonious in recent days ahead of the anticipated announcement.
(7) With the studies of Bordet, Metchnikoff's protégé, the essential resolution of the acrimonious debate was offered.
(8) Those talks appeared to come close to clinching a historic deal but the talks broke up in early hours of 10 November, amid some acrimony over who was responsible for the failure.
(9) Today's announcement could be seen as a victory for the ITV management and board's strategic vision over that of the spurned Tony Ball, the former BSkyB boss who was being lined up as the company's new chief executive until negotiations broke down acrimoniously last month.
(10) The result, after a series of fairly acrimonious meetings in Geneva and Paris last year, is three separate initiatives: the Accord, which involves more than 150 largely European brands; the Alliance, set up by US brands; and a joint effort by the UN and the Bangladeshi government.
(11) During a 90-minute hearing, MacDonald emphasised that it was their son who was suffering the most from this public and acrimonious custody battle.
(12) Momentum Hastings seems pleasantly free of the kind of dogmatic, acrimonious squabbles that have recently engulfed the movement at national level.
(13) The acrimonious battle, which the NUJ has branded a £4m “pension robbery” , will see FT journalists go out on a 24-hour strike for the first time in 30 years on Thursday if crunch talks fail.
(14) However, there was an acrimonious split when Omar al-Shishani , a Georgian-born Chechen who had previously served in the US-trained Georgian army, decided to merge the group with Isis.
(15) An evening that promised so much for West Ham United ended in disappointment, acrimony and a dash of farce, with Slaven Bilic sent to the stands after contesting one too many of Adrien Jaccottet’s decisions in the closing stages and Astra Giurgi seizing control of this Europa League third-round qualifier thanks to a comical own goal from Angelo Ogbonna.
(16) Acrimony over the Senate report hangs over the relationship between the CIA and the committee overseeing it.
(17) There has been an acrimonious debate about trends in inequality in health in the U.K. over the last couple of years.
(18) That friendship ended acrimoniously when Jackson outbid McCartney when the Beatles' publishing catalogue came up for sale in 1985 – essentially, Jackson now owned all of McCartney's 1960s songs.
(19) The acrimonious battle, which the NUJ has branded a £4m “ pension robbery ”, follows Japanese group Nikkei’s £844m takeover of FT Group last year.
(20) Preparatory talks last month in Bangkok ended in acrimonious squabbles .
Animus
Definition:
(n.) Animating spirit; intention; temper.
Example Sentences:
(1) He comes across as remarkably lacking in political bloodlust or even tribal animus.
(2) The satirical animus is what vibrates the molecules.
(3) The level of animus was the Miliband brothers on speed.
(4) But having said that, I have no animus in my heart, I have no hatred, no bitterness in my heart, for people that have a different view.” Rubio tried to make a similar argument by drawing a comparison to how divorce is viewed by the Catholic faith.
(5) Whatever the reasons, he has frequently exported personal animus into the foreign arena, too.
(6) The report continues: “The racial animus and stereotypes expressed by these supervisors suggest that they are unlikely to hold an officer accountable for discriminatory conduct or take any steps to discourage the development or perpetuation of racial stereotypes among officers.
(7) There appears to be a clear animus to the Christian faith and to Judeo-Christian values.
(8) Sue The thing is, it was only these two [Mary and Paul] who had that raw sexual animus.
(9) In this atmosphere of racial animus and class contempt, political dislocation and electoral opportunism, the space for the arguments we need to have about immigration, democracy and austerity simply did not exist.
(10) The sums are so paltry that the animus seems deliberate.
(11) But the county is not a destination stop for connoisseurs of political animus.
(12) An animus entered the relationship between the former friends and the bitter narrative was maintained until the last race of the season, when Hamilton secured his second world championship in Abu Dhabi.
(13) How anyone can read any of these passages and object to claims that Harris' worldview is grounded in deep anti-Muslim animus is staggering.
(14) Chinese people's long-standing animus toward their erstwhile colonial overlord is, of course, very real.
(15) But Bloom holds a special animus for Fox News and Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox .
(16) He continues: “Inside our borders, the nation of e pluribus unum [out of many, one] threatens to be fractured across ethnic lines by racial animus and divisive multiculturalism.
(17) That’s not a statement of animus or prejudice against anyone,” he said.
(18) It is an act of respect for the will of the American people, a respect that is every American leader’s first responsibility.” The animus between Clinton and Trump was clear throughout the debate – once again, they did not shake hands – and in some of the more heated exchanges , with Clinton accusing Trump of being a “a puppet” of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.
(19) It seems to me that his animus derives much more from a profound antipathy towards the subject matter of this research than from a concern about the scientific methods used to investigate it.
(20) Principle and power struggles aside, there is also personal animus.