different between vengeful vs acrimonious
vengeful
English
Etymology
From venge +? -ful.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ven?.f?l/
Adjective
vengeful (comparative more vengeful, superlative most vengeful)
- Vindictive or wanting vengeance.
- His chains now broken, the prisoner turned a vengeful eye toward his former captors.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:vengeful
Hyponyms
- revanchist
Related terms
- avenge
- vengeance
Translations
Further reading
- vengeful in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- vengeful in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- vengeful at OneLook Dictionary Search
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acrimonious
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)
- (archaic) Harsh and sharp, or bitter and not pleasant to the taste; acrid, pungent.
- (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
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