English-Thai Dictionary

acrimonious

ADJ เผ็ดร้อน (คำพูด  กิริยา วาจา  sharp bitter caustic phed-ron

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ACRIMONIOUS

a. 1. Sharp; bitter; corrosive; abounding with acrimony.
2. Figuratively, sharpness or severity of temper; bitterness of expression proceeding from anger, ill-nature, or petulance.

 

ACRIMONIOUSLY

adv. With sharpness or bitterness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ACRIMONIOUS

Ac "ri *mo "ni *ous, a. Etym: [Cf. LL. acrimonious, F. acrimonieux. ]

 

1. Acrid; corrosive; as, acrimonious gall. [Archaic ] Harvey.

 

2. Caustic; bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper.

 

ACRIMONIOUSLY

ACRIMONIOUSLY Ac `ri *mo "ni *ous *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an acrimonious manner.

 

ACRIMONIOUSNESS

ACRIMONIOUSNESS Ac `ri *mo "ni *ous *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being acrimonious; asperity; acrimony.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

acrimonious

ac ri mo ni ous |ˌakrəˈmōnēəs ˌækrəˈmoʊniəs | ▶adjective (typically of speech or a debate ) angry and bitter: an acrimonious dispute about wages. DERIVATIVES ac ri mo ni ous ly adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘bitter, pungent ’): from acrimony + -ous .

 

Oxford Dictionary

acrimonious

acrimonious |ˌakrɪˈməʊnɪəs | ▶adjective (typically of speech or discussion ) angry and bitter: an acrimonious dispute about wages. DERIVATIVES acrimoniously adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘bitter, pungent ’): from acrimony + -ous .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

acrimonious

acrimonious adjective a heated and acrimonious discussion: bitter, angry, rancorous, caustic, acerbic, scathing, sarcastic, acid, harsh, sharp, cutting; virulent, spiteful, vicious, vitriolic, hostile, venomous, nasty, bad-tempered, ill-natured, mean, malign, malicious, malignant, waspish; informal bitchy, catty.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

acrimonious

acrimonious adjective they had a heated and acrimonious discussion: bitter, rancorous, caustic, acerbic, scathing, sarcastic, acid, harsh, sharp, razor-edged, cutting, astringent, trenchant, mordant, virulent; spiteful, vicious, crabbed, vitriolic, savage, hostile, hate-filled, venomous, poisonous, nasty, ill-natured, mean, malign, malicious, malignant, waspish, pernicious, splenetic, irascible, choleric; informal bitchy, catty, slashing; rare acidulous, mordacious, envenomed, squint-eyed.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

acrimonious

ac ri mo ni ous /æ̀krɪmóʊniəs /形容詞 〈気質 言葉 態度などが 〉手きびしい, 苦々しい, 辛辣 （しんらつ ）な .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞