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Bitterness

Bitterness Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bitterness? [n] a sharp and bitter manner [n] the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste [n] the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth [n] a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bitterness: acerbity \| acrimony \| bitter \| bitter \| gall \| jaundice \| rancor \| rancour \| resentment Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bitterness: absolute zero \| acerbity \| aching heart \| acid \| acidity \| acidness \| acidulousness \| acridity \| acridness \| acrimony \| agony \| agony of mind \| algidity \| anguish \| animosity \| animus \| antagonism \| apologies \| asperity \| astringence \| astringency \| attrition \| ayenbite of inwit \| bad blood \| bale \| bile \| bite \| bitingness \| bitter feeling \| bitter pill \| bitter resentment \| bitterness \| bitterness of spirit \| bleakness \| bleeding heart \| briskness \| broken heart \| causticity \| causticness \| cheerlessness \| chill \| chilliness \| choler \| cold \| coldness \| comfortlessness \| contriteness \| contrition \| cool \| coolness \| coolth \| corrosiveness \| crispness \| crushing \| cryogenics \| cryology \| cuttingness \| decrease in temperature \| depression \| depth of misery \| desolation \| despair \| discomfort \| dismalness \| distress \| distressfulness \| dreariness \| edge \| enmity \| extremity \| feud \| fierceness \| freezing point \| freshness \| frigidity \| frostiness \| gall \| gall and wormwood \| gelidity \| gnashing of teeth \| grief \| grievousness \| grip \| hard feelings \| harshness \| hatred \| heartache \| heartburning \| heavy heart \| hostility \| iciness \| ill blood \| ill feeling \| ill will \| incisiveness \| inclemency \| infelicity \| intense cold \| joylessness \| keenness \| lamentability \| lamentation \| low temperature \| melancholia \| melancholy \| misery \| mordacity \| mordancy \| mournfulness \| nip \| nippiness \| pain \| painfulness \| pathos \| piercingness \| piquancy \| pitiability \| pitiableness \| pitifulness \| poignancy \| point \| prostration \| pungency \| rancor \| rankling \| rawness \| regret \| regretfulness \| regrets \| regrettableness \| regretting \| remorse \| remorse of conscience \| remorsefulness \| repining \| resentment \| rigor \| roughness \| sadness \| severity \| shame \| shamefacedness \| shamefastness \| shamefulness \| sharp air \| sharpness \| slow burn \| soreness \| sorriness \| sorrow \| sorrowfulness \| sourness \| spleen \| stabbingness \| sting \| stridency \| stringency \| suicidal despair \| tartness \| teeth \| trenchancy \| vehemence \| vendetta \| venom \| violence \| virulence \| vitriol \| wistfulness \| woe \| woebegoneness \| woefulness \| wretchedness See Also \| acridity \| acridness \| disagreeableness \| enmity \| enviousness \| envy \| grievance \| grudge \| gustatory perception \| gustatory sensation \| heartburning \| hostility \| huffishness \| ill will \| pungency \| score \| sharpness \| sulkiness \| taste \| taste perception \| taste property \| taste sensation \| the green-eyed monster Bitterness In Webster's Dictionary \Bit"ter*ness\, n. [AS. biternys; biter better + -nys = -ness.] 1. The quality or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severity; keenness of reproach or sarcasm; deep distress, grief, or vexation of mind. The lip that curls with bitterness. --Percival. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. --Job vii. 11. 2. A state of extreme impiety or enmity to God. Thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. --Acts viii. 23. 3. Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy. Looking diligently, . . . lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you. --Heb. xii. 15.

Bitterness Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bitterness?

[n] a sharp and bitter manner
[n] the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
[n] the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
[n] a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

Bitterness In Webster's Dictionary

\Bit"ter*ness\, n. [AS. biternys; biter better + -nys
= -ness.]
1. The quality or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in
   either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness;
   resentfulness; severity; keenness of reproach or sarcasm;
   deep distress, grief, or vexation of mind.

         The lip that curls with bitterness.   --Percival.

         I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. --Job
                                               vii. 11.

2. A state of extreme impiety or enmity to God.

         Thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond
         of iniquity.                          --Acts viii.
                                               23.

3. Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to
   apostasy.

         Looking diligently, . . . lest any root of
         bitterness springing up trouble you.  --Heb. xii.
                                               15.

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