acrimony

Converse of object

• reduce: The Act would promote mediation, which is designed to reduce acrimony between the parties.
• cause: The latter was an issue that caused acrimony between Royalists and Puritans.
• increase: The Board felt that these provisions could have the effect of increasing acrimony between the parties.
• avoid: Is it possible to avoid such acrimony when you get divorced?
• preach: He preached holy acrimony, which is another name for marriage.

Adjective modifier

• considerable: The ensuing controversy, conducted with considerable acrimony in the best traditions of the Oxford history school, did not greatly help his career.
• such: When was there last such acrimony between judges and the home office, and how can it be resolved?
• little: These solicitors are committed to the idea of divorce or separation with as little acrimony as possible.
• bitter: And you were saved out of it and you became the object of their bitter acrimony.
• less: The less acrimony there is between parents the better children can cope with the breakdown of their parents ' relationship.

Preposition: between

party: The Act would promote mediation, which is designed to reduce acrimony between the parties.