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Definition of Acrimoniousness
1. n. The quality of being acrimonious; asperity; acrimony.
Definition of Acrimoniousness
1. Noun. The quality of being resentful or cynical. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acrimoniousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acrimoniousness
Literary usage of Acrimoniousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mezzotints in Modern Music: Brahms, Tchaïkowsky, Chopin, Richard Strauss by James G. Huneker (1899)
"There is little rhapsody in it, but of intellectual acrimoniousness much.
The second melody has an astringency that ..."
2. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1886)
"... essay, and so-called history, survivals and renewals of all the sharpness and
acrimoniousness of the original passions of the controversy. ..."
3. German Ideals of To-day: And Other Essays on German Culture by Kuno Francke (1907)
"The German press, with a few exceptions, is dominated by a spirit of factional
acrimoniousness and fault-finding. ..."
4. Men of the Covenant: The Story of the Scottish Church in the Years of the by Alexander Smellie (1904)
"... on many occasions, an acrimoniousness far from admirable. Perhaps it was
inevitable that it should be so. "The intellectual gladiator, the rejoicing and ..."
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