1. A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
   - resentment, gall, rancor [US], rancour [Brit, Cdn], hard feelings 
2. A rough and bitter manner
   - acrimony, acerbity, jaundice, tartness, thorniness 
3. The taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
   - bitter 
4. The property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
   - bitter

Derived forms: bitternesses

See also: bitter

Type of: disagreeableness, enmity, gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, hostility, ill will, taste, taste perception, taste property, taste sensation

Encyclopedia: Bitterness

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