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Definition of Bitterness
1. Noun. A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will.
Generic synonyms: Enmity, Hostility, Ill Will
Specialized synonyms: Heartburning, Huffishness, Sulkiness, Grievance, Grudge, Score, Enviousness, Envy
Derivative terms: Bitter, Gall, Rancorous, Resent
2. Noun. A rough and bitter manner.
Generic synonyms: Disagreeableness
Derivative terms: Acerbate, Acerbic, Acrimonious, Bitter, Bitter, Jaundice, Tart
3. Noun. The taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth.
Generic synonyms: Gustatory Perception, Gustatory Sensation, Taste, Taste Perception, Taste Sensation
Derivative terms: Bitter
4. Noun. The property of having a harsh unpleasant taste.
Generic synonyms: Taste Property
Specialized synonyms: Acerbity, Acridity, Acridness
Derivative terms: Bitter, Bitter
Definition of Bitterness
1. n. 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.
Definition of Bitterness
1. Noun. the quality of having a bitter taste ¹
2. Noun. the quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bitterness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bitterness
Literary usage of Bitterness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"HEAVEN overarches earth and sea, Earth-sadness and sea-bitterness. Heaven overarches
you and me: A ... THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN bitterness From 'New Poems. ..."
2. Southern History of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1865)
"bitterness of Yankee Disappointment. —MORGAN'S EXPEDITION INTO INDIANA AND
OHIO.—His Capture of Lebanon.—An Unnatural Encounter.—Murder of Captain Magennis. ..."
3. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"... seemingly indicating the inward pride of a man of masterful temper, who had
gone through contests which cannot but leave traces of bitterness : such was ..."
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