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?

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Giovani Riggs

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5 November, 11:14

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?

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Jessica Juarez · Answer 1

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

Bitter anger

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.