acrimoniousness
41virulence — n 1. poisonousness, venomousness, ven omness, toxicity, deadliness, virulency; lethality, fatalness; noxiousness, harmfulness, hurtfulness, injuriousness, detrimentalness, detrimentality, deleteriousness, unwholesomeness, unhealthiness;… …
42acrimonious — /ækrəˈmoʊniəs/ (say akruh mohneeuhs) adjective caustic; stinging; bitter; virulent: an acrimonious answer. –acrimoniously, adverb –acrimoniousness, noun …
43acerbity — [n1] bitterness of taste acidity, asperity, astringency, mordancy, sourness, tartness; concepts 462,613 Ant. mellowness, mildness, sweetness acerbity [n2] harsh speech, behavior acrimoniousness, causticity, ill temper, irritability, rancor,… …
44bitterness — [n1] sourness acerbity, acidity, acridity, astringency, brackishness, brininess, piquancy, pungency, sharpness, tartness, vinegariness; concept 614 Ant. sweetness bitterness [n2] agony acrimoniousness, anguish, asperity, distress, grievousness,… …
45vitriol — [n] bitterness acrimoniousness, contempt, disdain, hatefulness, hostility, malevolence, maliciousness, nastiness, sarcasm, venom, virulence; concepts 410,633 …
46diatribe — [16] Diatribe’s connotations of acrimoniousness and abusiveness are a relatively recent (19th century) development. Originally in English it meant simply ‘learned discourse or disquisition’. It comes via Latin diatriba from Greek diatribé ‘that… …
47acrimonious — [ak΄ri mō′nē əs] adj. [ML acrimoniosus: see ACRIMONY] bitter and caustic in temper, manner, or speech acrimoniously adv. acrimoniousness n …
