bitterness

bit·ter

B0286800 (bĭt′ər)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.

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

bit′ter·ly adv.bit′ter·ness n.Synonyms: bitter, acerbic, acrid
These adjectives mean unpleasantly sharp or pungent in taste or smell: a bitter cough syrup; a cheap, acerbic wine; acrid smoke.

Bitterness

See Also: ANGER, FRIENDSHIP, LOVE

Bitter and sharp as a pulled leek with earth still clinging to it —George Garrett
Bitter as a broken friendship —Anon
Bitter as acorns —Ann Tyler
Bitter as a day of mourning —Joseph Conrad
(My youth was) bitter as a hard green fruit —Marilyn Hacker
Bitter as alum —Reynolds Price
(The air was) bitter as a stiffed hooker —Loren D. Estleman
Bitter as a tear —Algernon Charles Swinburne
Bitter as blood —Algernon Charles Swinburne
Bitter as coffee that’s set too long —Rebecca Rule
A variation: “Bitter as warmed up coffee.”
(His voice was) bitter as dregs —Stephen Crane
Bitter as gall —John Webster
Bitter as self-sacrifice —Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Bitter as soot —Laurence Sterne
Bitter as the breaking down of love —Algernon Charles Swinburne
Bitter to me as death —William Shakespeare
Bitter as wormwood —The Holy Bible/Proverbs
Bitterness … kept coming back like a taste in the mouth after eating something bad —Rachel Ingalls
Embittered in mind, as a bear robbed of her whelps —The Holy Bible/Samuel
A flood of bitterness that washes over me every seven minutes like plagues visited upon a speeded-up pharaoh —William H. Gass

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bitterness - a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-willrancor, rancour, resentment, gallill 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 resentmentgrievance, 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, tartnessdisagreeableness - an ill-tempered and offensive disposition
	3.	bitterness - the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouthbittergustatory 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 tastebittertaste property - a property appreciated via the sense of tasteacerbity - a sharp bitternessacridness, acridity - extreme bitterness; "the acridity of alkali"

bitterness

noun1. trauma, tragedy, grief, misery, sadness, sorrow, anguish, unhappiness, unpleasantness, awfulness the growing bitterness of the dispute2. resentment, hurt, anger, hostility, indignation, animosity, venom, acrimony, pique, rancour, ill feeling, bad blood, ill will, umbrage, vexation, asperity I still feel bitterness and anger.3. sourness, acidity, sharpness, tartness, acerbity, vinegariness the strength and bitterness of the drink4. intense cold, bite, chill, sting, sharpness, bitter cold, frostiness, iciness the bitterness of the British climate

bitterness

nounThe quality or state of feeling bitter:acrimony, embitterment, gall, rancor, rancorousness, resentfulness, resentment, virulence, virulency.

Translations

苦味

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(ˈbitə) adjective1. having a sharp, acid taste like lemons etc, and sometimes unpleasant. a bitter orange.有苦味的2. full of pain or sorrow. She learned from bitter experience; bitter disappointment.痛苦的3. hostile. full of hatred or opposition: bitter enemies.怀恨的4. very cold. a bitter wind.严寒的ˈbitterness noun苦味ˈbitterly adverbbitterly disappointed; bitterly cold. 非常地，痛苦地，严酷地，非常寒冷地 bittergourd noun a long, fleshy, bitter-tasting fruit usually used as a vegetable. 苦瓜bitumen (ˈbitjumin) noun a black, sticky substance obtained from petroleum. 沥青biˈtuminous (-ˈtjuːmi-) adjective沥青的

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noun trauma

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noun resentment

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noun sourness

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noun intense cold

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noun the quality or state of feeling bitter

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

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noun a rough and bitter manner

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

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noun the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

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