Question

Read the excerpt from "On the Gulls' Road." Then answer the question.I told him curtly that he was mistaken, but my acrimony made no impression upon his blandness. I felt that I should certainly strike the fellow if he stood there much longer, running his blue ring up and down his beard. I should probably have hated any man who was Mrs. Ebbling's husband, but Ebbling made me sick.What does the word acrimony mean?

Answer 1

After reading the excerpt from "On the Gull's Road." The word acrimony means:

• Bitter anger

Step-by-step explanation:

• "On the Gull's Road" is a short story that is written by Willa Cather. The theme of this story is undying love even death is near.
• In the given excerpt the words "I told him curtly that he was mistaken, but my acrimony made no impression upon his blandness. I felt that I should certainly strike the fellow if he stood there much longer, running his blue ring up and down his beard. I should probably have hated any man who was Mrs. Ebbling's husband, but Ebbling made me sick." These words show that narrator is very angry with Mrs. Ebbling's husband.