Literary notes about acrimonious (AI summary)
"Acrimonious" is frequently employed in literary works to evoke a sense of bitter hostility and sharp, cutting exchanges, whether in the context of political debates or personal quarrels. Writers often use the term to highlight arguments laden with intense resentment and caustic commentary, as seen where it underscores fierce senate debates ([1]) or heated correspondence ([2], [3]). In character portrayals, the adjective sharpens the depiction of a corrosive temperament, adding layers to personalities who are resentful and severe ([4], [5]). Additionally, it is sometimes used to characterize broader controversies and disputes, emphasizing prolonged conflicts that are both divisive and fierce, such as in discussions on contentious political reforms and public controversy ([6], [7]).
- In the Senate the debate was particularly acrimonious.
— from The United States and Latin America by John Holladay Latané - A few months afterwards the two men were engaged in an acrimonious correspondence about the appointment of a lawyer to do temporary duty on circuit.
— from Ireland under the Stuarts and During the Interregnum, Vol. 1 (of 3), 1603-1642 by Richard Bagwell - Resigned after acrimonious correspondence same year.
— from The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle - I resigned myself thereto with a feeling half stupid, half acrimonious.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe - "Chill penury," forced upon him by the state of his financial affairs, had much to do with his cynical and acrimonious spirit.
— from As I RememberRecollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century by Marian Gouverneur - Hence there was a new outbreak of the acrimonious debate upon the best ways to reform the old kingdom.
— from The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon - It attracted, at the time, little notice, but was, after the lapse of several generations, the subject of a very acrimonious controversy.
— from The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
