Vocabulary
Acrimony
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
bitterness or ill feeling.
Urdu meaning
تیز مزاجی، تیزی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
Sentences are selected from stored editorial text where your search word appears. If none appear yet, run the admin sentence generator for fuller coverage.
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It was this acrimony that US ambassador in Baghdad, April Glaspie, exploited to fool Saddam Hussein into invading Kuwait.
Dawn Editorials —
Suppose Iran didn`t exist
— 2026-04-21
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The elections offer Bangladesh a chance to start anew, leaving the turbulence and acrimony of the past behind.
Dawn Editorials —
Bangladesh polls
— 2026-02-14
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There, Doval met Secretary of State Marco Rubio and conveyed that India wanted to put acrimony behind it and resume trade talks.
Dawn Editorials —
India caves
— 2026-02-07
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After years of acrimony in the political atmosphere, the development certainly feels like a breath of fresh air.
Dawn Editorials —
New beginnings
— 2026-01-22
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The shift in India`s stance came after growing acrimony with the Trump administration in thetariff face-off.
Dawn Editorials —
China and shifting geopolitics
— 2025-08-27
Synonyms
bitterness, rancour, resentment, ill feeling, ill will, bad blood, animosity, hostility.
Curator example
“the AGM dissolved into acrimony”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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