different between acrimonious vs reviling

English

Etymology

acrimony +? -ous; compare French acrimonieux (“acrimonious”), from Latin ?crim?ni?sus (“acrimonious”), from ?crim?nia (“pungency, sharpness; acrimony, austerity”) + -?sus (“suffix meaning ‘full of; prone to’, forming adjectives from nouns”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-went- or *-wont- + *-to-). ?crim?nia is derived from Latin ?cer (“sharp; bitter, sour”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h??rós (“sharp”), from *h?e?- (“sharp”) + *-rós (“suffix forming adjectives from Caland system roots”)) + Latin -m?nia (the feminine form of -m?nium (“suffix forming collective nouns and nouns designating legal status or obligation”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-m? (“suffix forming agent nouns from verbs”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æk.???m??.n?.?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æk.???mo?.ni.?s/, /-??-/
• Hyphenation: acri?mo?ni?ous

Adjective

acrimonious (comparative more acrimonious, superlative most acrimonious)

1. (archaic) Harsh and sharp, or bitter and not pleasant to the taste; acrid, pungent.
2. (figuratively) Angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter, mean-spirited, sharp in language or tone. [from early 17th c.]

Synonyms

• acerb, acerbic
• bitter
• rancorous

Antonyms

• nonacrimonious

Derived terms

• acrimoniously
• acrimoniousness

Related terms

• acrid
• acridity
• acridness
• acrimony

Translations

References

Anagrams

• isocoumarin

English

Verb

reviling

1. present participle of revile

Noun

reviling (plural revilings)

1. reproach; abuse; vilification

   • Neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

   • 1825, Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape: An Historical Tale (page 205)

     The written word tells us our duty, and we ought to accomplish in solemn silence, but not with revilings and deridings of our pure, holy, and just intentions, the destruction of a race, cursed by divine judgment, […]

Anagrams

• Vierling, livering, reliving, riveling