All 3 Uses of
acrimony
in
Gone with the Wind
- The mockingbirds and the jays, engaged in their old feud for possession of the magnolia tree beneath her window, were bickering, the jays strident, acrimonious, the mockers sweet voiced and plaintive.
Chpt 1.5 *acrimonious = angry
- She missed the sounds of quarreling voices that were always heard at Tara when Ellen's back was turned, Mammy quarreling with Pork, Rosa and Teena bickering, her own acrimonious arguments with Suellen, Gerald's bawling threats.
Chpt 2.8acrimonious = angry and bitter
- Then, as if brought into being by the waltz music, sounds floated in from the shadowy moonlit street below, the trample of horses' hooves and the sound of carriage wheels, laughter on the warm sweet air and the soft acrimony of negro voices raised in argument over hitching places for the horses.
Chpt 2.9acrimony = bitterness or anger
Definition:
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(acrimony) anger--often accompanied by bitterness