About The Word Bitterness
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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.
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