Acrimony vs Castigate - What's the difference?
acrimony | castigate |
A sharp and bitter hatred.
* 1826 , , Chapter 12
To punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely.
* 1977 , , Penguin Classics, p. 261:
To revise or make corrections to a publication.
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As a noun acrimony
is a sharp and bitter hatred.As a verb castigate is
to punish severely; to criticize severely; to reprimand severely.acrimony
English
Noun
(acrimonies)- Her acrimony for her neighbors manifests itself with shouting and stomping.
- In her resentful mood, these expressions had been remembered with acrimony and disdain; [...].
Synonyms
* animosity * bitterness * enmity * hatred * oppositionAntonyms
* friendship * peacecastigate
English
Verb
(castigat)- The curse of avarice and cupidity / Is all my sermon, for it frees the pelf. / Out come the pence, and specially for myself, / For my exclusive purpose is to win / And not at all to castigate their sin.