bitterness

[Bit·ter*ness]

The taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

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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.

Noun
a sharp and bitter manner

Noun
the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

Noun
the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

Noun
a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

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.

n.
A state of extreme impiety or enmity to God.

n.
Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy.

Bitterness

Bit"ter*ness , n. [AS. biternys; biter better + -nys = -ness.] 1. 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.

The lip that curls with bitterness.

I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

2. A state of extreme impiety or enmity to God.

Thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.

3. Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy.

Looking diligently, . . . lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you.

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.

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Usage Examples

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost.

Words can be said in bitterness and anger, and often there seems to be an element of truth in the nastiness. And words don't go away, they just echo around.

The great thing about celebrity culture is that they can't seem to stop themselves from displaying their ridiculous behaviour. I feel it's my job as a serious investigative journalist to witness all kinds of behaviour and then report back to the audience through the prism of my own anger and bitterness.

Something my mum taught me years and years and years ago, is life's just too short to carry around a great bucket-load of anger and resentment and bitterness and hatreds and all that sort of stuff.

I've purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love.

I know from personal experience how damaging it can be to live with bitterness and unforgiveness. I like to say it's like taking poison and hoping your enemy will die. And it really is that harmful to us to live this way.

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Other Usage Examples

Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness.

It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit.

To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.

I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.

My brother and I had a real love-hate relationship with my success. There was some bitterness there that I didn't understand until recently, but I told him that if I ever did a record I wanted him to play on it.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness.

It is a simple but sometimes forgotten truth that the greatest enemy to present joy and high hopes is the cultivation of retrospective bitterness.