Words similar to acrimony
Example sentences for: acrimony
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Last year, the company's prospective merger with American Home Products unraveled in acrimony over leadership and strategy questions.
More recently, at a White House prayer breakfast, Clinton said he wanted to foster a "spirit of reconciliation" and quoted the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin to the effect that time is precious and should not be wasted on acrimony and division.
In the meantime though, the paper explains, the pared-down Lewinsky report will get to Congress quickly (probably shortly after President Clinton testifies to the Starr grand jury)--in plenty of time to leak out and produce much partisan acrimony during the fall elections.
Flames are not any more ill-considered than all the rest of human communication, unless you are of a particularly pacifist philosophy that deems all acrimony ill considered.
They're missing the point: The longer the inquiry drags on, the more it will invite resentment, acrimony, and backlash.