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Austere vs Acrimonious - What's the difference?

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Austere is a related term of acrimonious.


As adjectives the difference between austere and acrimonious

is that austere is austere while acrimonious is angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter; mean-spirited; sharp in language or tone.

austere

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Grim or severe in manner or appearance
    • The headmistress was an austere old woman.
  • Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy
    • The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour.

    Synonyms

    * (grim or severe) stern, strict, forbidding * (lacking trivial decoration) simple, plain, unadorned, unembellished

    Antonyms

    * (not lacking trivial decoration) overwrought, flamboyant, extravagant, gaudy, flashy

    Derived terms

    * austerity * austerely

    acrimonious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter; mean-spirited; sharp in language or tone.
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    • That would be a way more acrimonious custody battle than the one my parents had over me.

    Synonyms

    * rancorous

    Derived terms

    * acrimoniously * acrimoniousness

    Anagrams

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