bitterness

UK /ˈbɪtənəs/ US /ˈbɪtənəs/
noun 4

Definitions

noun

1

The quality of having a bitter taste.

2

The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment; the quality of exhibiting such feelings.

the bitterness of his words

She kept her bitterness about her mistreatment for the rest of her life.

3

The quality of eliciting a bitter, humiliating or harsh feeling.

Nothing could assuage the bitterness of their defeat.

4

Harsh cold.

The bitterness of the winter caught us all by surprise.

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