acrimonia

n. acrimony, bitterness, rancor

n. acrimony

n. acrimony, poignancy; pungency, vitriol

v. become bitter

N F
acrimony; briskness; caustic/corrosive/pungent quality; indigestion; vigor

= acrimony, pungency.
Ex: However, by Spring 1897 Jones had resigned her post to escape an atmosphere of acrimony, where she had become the victim of sexual discrimination.
Ex: Suddenly, the smell struck his nostrils -- the pungency of processed corn syrup, as if the car had gone off the road and fallen into the neck of a gigantic bottle of syrup.