bitterness

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Jump to: navigation, search

Wikipedia has articles on:

Bitter

Contents

1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 Synonyms
  - 1.2.2 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

bitter +‎ -ness

[edit] Noun

Singular
bitterness

Plural
uncountable

bitterness (uncountable)

the quality of having a bitter taste
the quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment

[edit] Synonyms

(quality of being bitter in taste): acerbicness, acridity, acridness
(quality of feeling bitter): acrimony, gall, rancor/rancour, resentment

[edit] Translations

quality of being bitter in taste

Bulgarian: горчивина bg(bg) f.
Finnish: kitkeryys
French: amertume fr(fr) f.
Greek: πίκρα el(el) (píkra) f.
Hebrew: מרירות (merirut) f.

Latin: acerbitās la(la) f., amāritās la(la) f., amāritiēs la(la) f., amāritūdō la(la) f., amārulentia la(la) f., austēritās la(la) f.
Russian: горечь ru(ru) (gór'eč) f.
Spanish: amargo es(es) m.

quality of feeling bitter

Bulgarian: горчивина bg(bg)
Finnish: katkeruus fi(fi)
French: amertume fr(fr) f.

Greek: πίκρα el(el) (píkra) f.
Hebrew: מרירות (merirut) f.
Russian: горечь ru(ru) (gór'eč) f.

Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bitterness"

Categories: English words suffixed with -ness | English nouns

Views

Personal tools

Search

Toolbox

In other languages