Vocabulary
Acrimony
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
bitterness or ill feeling.
Urdu meaning
تیز مزاجی، تیزی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The shift in India`s stance came after growing acrimony with the Trump administration in thetariff face-off.
- Given the acrimony that surrounded the last attempt to tinker with the Constitution, one wonders if it will be any different this time.
- There is a strong incentive for not allowing the feelings of heightened acrimony to linger and to reinforce the military drawdown with some soft measures.
- Any such conclusion on the canal issue would have fuelled further political acrimony that the federation can`t afford.
- Over the years, the water conflict snowballed into acrimony as the lower riparian accused the upper riparian of frequently breaching commitments and agreements.
Synonyms
bitterness, rancour, resentment, ill feeling, ill will, bad blood, animosity, hostility.
Curator example
“the AGM dissolved into acrimony”
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