Acrimony vs Poignant - What's the difference?
acrimony | poignant |
A sharp and bitter hatred.
* 1826 , , Chapter 12
(obsolete, of a weapon etc) Sharp-pointed; keen.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , VII:
Incisive; penetrating.
neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant.
Evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress; emotionally moving.
(figuratively, of a taste or smell) Piquant, pungent.
Piercing.
(dated, mostly British) Inducing sharp physical pain.
As a noun acrimony
is a sharp and bitter hatred.As an adjective poignant is
(obsolete|of a weapon etc) sharp-pointed; keen.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 * peacepoignant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His siluer shield, now idle maisterlesse; / His poynant speare, that many made to bleed [...].
- His comments were poignant and witty.
- A poignant reply will garner more credence than hours of blown smoke.
- Flipping through his high school yearbook evoked many a poignant memory of yesteryear.