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• s  marked by strong resentment or cynicism
  an acrimonious dispute

• Far from being smooth, the confirmation process of the Judge was very acrimonious.
• The debate was acrimonious; even the Prime Minister was heckled during his closing speech.
• The acrimonious battle over the prime property finally came to an unlikely end when both the brothers died in a freak accident.

• bitter

News & Articles

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• Listening Post: Black Sabbath, Morton Feldman, The Yellowjackets and the Emerson Quartet
  And just like that, it’s over. Years of acrimonious accusation, nonpayment of revenues and stubborn refusal came to a sudden and fair end on Thu... One student is graduating after three years with plans to become a physician assistant.
  June 16, 2013 - The Buffalo News
• Catherine M. Sicoli and Luke C. Darling wed in St. Mary of the Cataract Church
  And just like that, it’s over. Years of acrimonious accusation, nonpayment of revenues and stubborn refusal came to a sudden and fair end on Thu... One student is graduating after three years with plans to become a physician assistant.
  June 16, 2013 - The Buffalo News
• Sunday, June 16, 2013
  And just like that, it’s over. Years of acrimonious accusation, nonpayment of revenues and stubborn refusal came to a sudden and fair end on Thu... One student is graduating after three years with plans to become a physician assistant.
  June 16, 2013 - The Buffalo News

Quotes

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• Martin Whitmarsh in Reuters UK
  Sadly a lot of the column inches this weekend are going to be about controversy and it can easily become acrimonious,said McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh. "That's the way of Formula One, to sometimes stumble across into a very...
• Mitch McConnell in Guardian Unlimited
  It's not an acrimonious kind of thing,McConnell said. "In all the meetings I've been in, there's never been a lack of courtesy. I don't think there's anything personal. We are just in different places. Everybody fully understands that we...
• Zwelinzima Vavi in Washington Post
  This plan marks a turning point in the struggle to stop the HIV/AIDS epidemic,said Zwelinzima Vavi, the general-secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions. "We hail the new spirit, which signals the end to acrimonious debate...