acrimonious

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

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