Definition of Bitterness

1. Noun. A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will.

Exact synonyms: Gall, Rancor, Rancour, Resentment
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.
Exact synonyms: Acerbity, Acrimony, Jaundice, Tartness, Thorniness
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.
Exact synonyms: Bitter
Generic synonyms: Gustatory Perception, Gustatory Sensation, Taste, Taste Perception, Taste Sensation
Derivative terms: Bitter

4. Noun. The property of having a harsh unpleasant taste.
Exact synonyms: Bitter
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

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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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