bitter controversy

collocation in English

meaningsofbitterandcontroversy

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bitter
adjective
uk
/ˈbɪt.ər/us
/ˈbɪt̬.ɚ/
Someone who is bitter is angry and unhappy because they cannot forget bad things that happened in ...
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controversy
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈkɒn.trə.vɜː.si/us
/ˈkɑːn.trə.vɝː.si/
a lot of disagreement or argument about something, usually because it affects or is important to ...
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(Definition ofbitterandcontroversyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the resultbittercontroversyensued, and a mephitic atmosphere was created, in which misunderstanding, animosity and prejudice abounded.
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It is one of fifty years of continuing dissension andbittercontroversy.
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We do not want abittercontroversyto rage about the building which is to arise on the hospital site.
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It is a matter that excites the keenest and mostbittercontroversy.
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It actually extended the franchise to women after the mostbittercontroversy, spread over some 10 years.
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I hope it is the end of the old,bittercontroversyabout denominational education.
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There is no doubt about it that denominational discussion, and evenbittercontroversy, might have cropped up.
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It caused verybittercontroversy, and, even in those exceptional times, prolonged debates and a number of divisions.
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That is the only method in which matters can be left unaffected one way or the other, andbittercontroversyavoided.
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A public inquiry will take time; it will inevitably provokebittercontroversy, legal representation, cost to those who want to make points and so forth.
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I would further point out that this subject has been one ofbittercontroversyfor 50 years.
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It is perfectly possible, as many authorities have shown, to have a sensible rebate scheme without imposing big rent increases or stirring upbittercontroversy.
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This is an echo of a very old andbittercontroversy.
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In it he said that this principle which had aroused so muchbittercontroversyin the past was to be swept away.
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That was agreed to, although there wasbittercontroversyabout it.
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I found myself in one capacity involved in quite abittercontroversywith myself in the other.
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That may meanbittercontroversyup and clown the country.
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I feel that this question will create, in a large number of areas,bittercontroversywhich ought not to exist.
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Nobody who desires to be thought, or who desires to act as a patriot, will endeavour to revive the memories of abittercontroversy.
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It would raise arguments and, perhaps,bittercontroversy, so let us leave it at that and move to a more constructive line.
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