bitterness

bit·ter  (btr)

adj. bit·ter·er, bit·ter·est

1. Having or being a taste that is sharp, acrid, and unpleasant.

2. Causing a sharply unpleasant, painful, or stinging sensation; harsh: enveloped in bitter cold; a bitter wind.

3. Difficult or distasteful to accept, admit, or bear: the bitter truth; bitter sorrow.

4. Proceeding from or exhibiting strong animosity: a bitter struggle; bitter foes.

5. Resulting from or expressive of severe grief, anguish, or disappointment: cried bitter tears.

6. Marked by resentment or cynicism: "He was already a bitter elderly man with a gray face" (John Dos Passos).

adv.

In an intense or harsh way; bitterly: a bitter cold night.

tr.v. bit·tered, bit·ter·ing, bit·ters

To make bitter.

n.

1. That which is bitter: "all words . . . /Failing to give the bitter of the sweet" (Tennyson).

2. bitters A bitter, usually alcoholic liquid made with herbs or roots and used in cocktails or as a tonic.

3. Chiefly British A sharp-tasting beer made with hops.

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[Middle English, from Old English; see bheid- in Indo-European roots.]

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bitter·ly adv.

bitter·ness n.

Synonyms: bitter, acerbic, acrid
These adjectives mean unpleasantly sharp or pungent in taste or smell: a bitter cough syrup; an acerbic green apple; acrid smoke.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bitterness - a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will rancor, rancour, resentment, gall ill will, enmity, hostility - the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility" heartburning - intense resentment; "his promotion caused much heartburning among his rivals" huffishness, sulkiness - a feeling of sulky resentment grievance, grudge, score - a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score" enviousness, envy - a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
	2.	bitterness - a rough and bitter manner acrimony, jaundice, thorniness, acerbity, tartness disagreeableness - an ill-tempered and offensive disposition
	3.	bitterness - the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth bitter gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation - the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste"
	4.	bitterness - the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste bitter taste property - a property appreciated via the sense of taste acerbity - a sharp bitterness acridness, acridity - extreme bitterness; "the acridity of alkali"

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bitterness

noun 1. resentment, hurt, anger, hostility, indignation, animosity, venom, acrimony, pique, rancour, ill feeling, bad blood, ill will, umbrage, vexation, asperity

noun 2. sourness, acidity, sharpness, tartness, acerbity, vinegariness

Translations

bitterness [ˈbɪtənɪs] n → amargura (= anger); rencor m

bitterness [ˈbɪtənɪs] n → amertume f; goût amer

bitterness [ˈbɪtənɪs] n → Bitterkeit f

bitterness [ˈbɪtənɪs] n → amarezza; gusto amaro