bitterness
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English bitternesse, biternesse, from Old English biternes (“bitterness; grief”), equivalent to bitter + -ness.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɪtənəs/
Noun[edit]
bitterness (countable and uncountable, plural bitternesses)
- The quality of having a bitter taste.
- The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment; the quality of exhibiting such feelings.
- She kept her bitterness about her mistreatment for the rest of her life.
- the bitterness of his words
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- The quality of eliciting a bitter, humiliating or harsh feeling.
- Nothing could assuage the bitterness of their defeat.
- Harsh cold.
- The bitterness of the winter caught us all by surprise.
Synonyms[edit]
- (quality of being bitter in taste): acerbicness, acridity, acridness
- (quality of feeling bitter): acrimony, gall, rancor/rancour, resentment
Translations[edit]
quality of being bitter in taste
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quality of feeling bitter
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