acrid (adjective) - unpleasantly pungent or sharp to smell or taste, sharp or caustic in speech or nature
- from Latin acer - sharp, sour
-from same root acrimony - bitterness or sharpness of manner, speech, temper
David M. Herzenhorn of NYT writes an article, "Acrimony and Poetry in the Senate."
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