All acrimony synonyms

noun acrimony

• animosity — Animosity is a strong feeling of dislike and anger. Animosities are feelings of this kind.
• ill will — hostile feeling; malevolence; enmity: to harbor ill will against someone.
• belligerence — the act or quality of being belligerent or warlike; aggressiveness
• bitterness — having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.
• rancor — bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
• harshness — ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
• spite — a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
• malevolence — the quality, state, or feeling of being malevolent; ill will; malice; hatred.
• sarcasm — harsh or bitter derision or irony.
• tartness — sharp to the taste; sour or acid: Tart apples are best for pie. Synonyms: astringent, acrid, piquant. Antonyms: sweet, sugary, bland, mellow.
• antipathy — Antipathy is a strong feeling of dislike or hostility towards someone or something.
• malice — desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness: the malice and spite of a lifelong enemy.
• acerbity — Acerbity is a kind of bitter, critical humour.
• virulence — quality of being virulent.
• rudeness — discourteous or impolite, especially in a deliberate way: a rude reply.
• peevishness — cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent: a peevish youngster.
• asperity — If you say something with asperity, you say it impatiently and severely.
• irascibility — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
• astringent — An astringent is a liquid that you put on your skin to make it less oily or to make cuts stop bleeding.
• crankiness — ill-tempered; grouchy; cross: I'm always cranky when I don't get enough sleep.
• unkindness — lacking in kindness or mercy; severe.
• bad blood — If you say that there is bad blood between people, you mean that they have argued about something and dislike each other.
• speech — the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity.
• mordancy — the quality of being mordant; sharpness.
• churlish — Someone who is churlish is unfriendly, bad-tempered, or impolite.
• rancour — bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
• hostility — a hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendliness.
• unfriendly — not amicable; not friendly or kindly in disposition; unsympathetic; aloof: an unfriendly coldness of manner.