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Bitterness

Bitterness Meaning & Definition
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.

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