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===Etymology===

{{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂eḱ-}}

 

{{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂eḱ-}}

 

===Pronunciation===

* {{hyphenation|en|acri|mo|ni|ous}}

 

# {{lb|en|archaic}} [[harsh|Harsh]] and [[sharp#Adjective|sharp]], or [[bitter#Adjective|bitter]] and not pleasant to the [[taste#Noun|taste]]; [[acrid]], [[pungent]].

#* {{RQ:Scott Redgauntlet|volume=II|chapter=II|page=50|passage=The old man {{...}} began to suffer in the body as well as the mind. He had formed the determination of setting out in person for Dumfriesshire, when, after having been dogged, peevish, and snappish to his clerks and domestics, to an unusual and almost intolerable degree, the '''acrimonious''' humours settled in a hissing-hot fit of the gout, which is a well-known tamer of the most froward spirits, {{...}}}}

#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Robert P. Thomas|editor=[[w:William Procter Jr.|William Procter, Jr.]]|title=On the Therapeutical Properties of Sanguinarina, and Its Acetate and Sulphate|journal=The American Journal of Pharmacy|location=Philadelphia, Pa.|publisher=[, Published by authority of the [[w:University of the Sciences|Philadelphia College of Pharmacy]]] Merrihew & Son, printers, No. 243 [[w:Arch Street (Philadelphia)|Arch Street]]|month=March|year=1864|volume=XXXVI (Third Series, volume XII)|page=137|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=n0U9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA137|oclc=50820868|passage=''Sanguinarina'', as procured from the sulphate, is a yellowish gray powder without odor, and almost without taste. A slight '''acrimonious''' impression is developed after a time upon the tongue from the partial solubility of the alkaloid in saliva.}}

# {{lb|en|figuratively}} [[angry|Angry]], [[acid#Adjective|acid]], and [[sharp#Adjective|sharp]] in delivering [[argumentative]] [[reply#Noun|replies]]: [[bitter]], [[mean-spirited]], sharp in [[language]] or [[tone#Noun|tone]]. {{defdate|from early 17th c.}}

#* {{quote-journal|en|title=Art. 46. ''Tracts in Controversy with Dr. Priestley,'' upon the Historical Question of ''the Relief of the First Ages'' in Our Lord’s Divinity: Originally Published in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1786. Now Revised and Augmented with a Large Addition of Notes, and Supplemental Diquisitions, by the Author, Samuel, Lord Bishop of St. David’s. 8vo. pp. 500. 6s. 6d. Boards. Robson. 1789. [book review]|journal=[[w:Monthly Review (London)|The Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal, Enlarged]]|location=London|publisher=Printed for [[w:Ralph Griffiths|R[alph] Griffiths]]; and sold by T[homas] Becket, in [[w:Pall Mall, London|Pall Mall]]|month=May|year=1790|volume=II|page=115|pageurl=https://archive.org/stream/monthlyreview42grifgoog#page/n122/mode/1up|oclc=901376714|passage=Theſe points are diſcuſſed with the ability and learning which diſtinguiſh the Right Reverend Author's [[[w:Samuel Horsley|Samuel Horsley]]'s] publications, but not without '''acrimonious''' expreſſions of contempt and indignation againſt his opponent [[[w:Joseph Priestley|Joseph Priestley]]].}}

#* {{quote-book|en|chapter=Lord Aberdeen|title=The Coalition Guide: Illustrations of the Political History of 1853–4, from “The Press” Newspaper|location=London|publisher=“The Press” Office, 110, [[w:Strand, London|Strand]]; and [[w:Ward Lock & Co|Ward & Lock]], 158, {{w|Fleet Street}}|date=4 February 1854|pages=125–126|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=OV8BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA126|oclc=|passage=[[w:George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen|Lord Aberdeen]] is indignant that he is described as the tool of Russia, and to prove his independence, vows that he has, when Secretary of State, written very "'''acrimonious'''" despatches against that Power. Secretaries of State ought never to write "'''acrimonious'''" despatches. {{...}} If the letters of Lord Aberdeen to the "foreign conspirators," who are his correspondents at Paris and elsewhere, had been a little more '''acrimonious''' as regards Russia, affairs might have been better, {{...}}}}

 

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{{trans-top|angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies}}

* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|язвителен}}, {{t+|bg|жлъчен}}, {{t+|bg|хаплив}}

* Chinese:

*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|唇槍舌劍|tr=seon4 coeng1 sit3 gim3 ge3|alt=唇槍舌劍嘅}}

* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kitkerä}}

* French: {{t+|fr|acrimonieux|m}}

* German: {{t+|de|erbittert}}, {{t+|de|bissig}}

* Greek: {{t+|el|πικρός}}, {{t+|el|οξύς}}, {{t+|el|πικρόχολος}}, {{t+|el|οργισμένος}}

* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|csípős}}, {{t+|hu|maró}}, {{t+|hu|rosszmájú}}

* Italian: {{t+|it|acrimonioso|m}}

* Polish: {{t+|pl|ostry}}, {{t+|pl|kłótliwy}}

* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|acrimonioso|m}}

* Romanian: {{t|ro|acrimonios}}

* Russian: {{t+|ru|язви́тельный}}, {{t+|ru|же́лчный}}

* Swedish: {{t+|sv|bitter}}

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