'Bitterness' definitions:
Definition of 'bitterness'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Bitterness'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The lip that curls with bitterness. --Percival. [1913 Webster]
- I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. --Job vii. 11. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A state of extreme impiety or enmity to God. [1913 Webster]
- Thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. --Acts viii. 23. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy. [1913 Webster]
- Looking diligently, . . . lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you. --Heb. xii. 15. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bitterness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute zero,
- acerbity,
- aching heart,
- acid,
- acidity,
- acidness,
- acidulousness,
- acridity,
- acridness,
- acrimony,
- agony,
- agony of mind,
- algidity,
- anguish,
- animosity,
- animus,
- antagonism,
- apologies,
- asperity,
- astringence,
- astringency,
- attrition,
- ayenbite of inwit,
- bad blood,
- bale,
- bile,
- bite,
- bitingness,
- bitter feeling,
- bitter pill,
- bitter resentment,
- bitterness,
- bitterness of spirit,
- bleakness,
- bleeding heart,
- briskness,
- broken heart,
- causticity,
- causticness,
- cheerlessness,
- chill,
- chilliness,
- choler,
- cold,
- coldness,
- comfortlessness,
- contriteness,
- contrition,
- cool,
- coolness,
- coolth,
- corrosiveness,
- crispness,
- crushing,
- cryogenics,
- cryology,
- cuttingness,
- decrease in temperature,
- depression,
- depth of misery,
- desolation,
- despair,
- discomfort,
- dismalness,
- distress,
- distressfulness,
- dreariness,
- edge,
- enmity,
- extremity,
- feud,
- fierceness,
- freezing point,
- freshness,
- frigidity,
- frostiness,
- gall,
- gall and wormwood,
- gelidity,
- gnashing of teeth,
- grief,
- grievousness,
- grip,
- hard feelings,
- harshness,
- hatred,
- heartache,
- heartburning,
- heavy heart,
- hostility,
- iciness,
- ill blood,
- ill feeling,
- ill will,
- incisiveness,
- inclemency,
- infelicity,
- intense cold,
- joylessness,
- keenness,
- lamentability,
- lamentation,
- low temperature,
- melancholia,
- melancholy,
- misery,
- mordacity,
- mordancy,
- mournfulness,
- nip,
- nippiness,
- pain,
- painfulness,
- pathos,
- piercingness,
- piquancy,
- pitiability,
- pitiableness,
- pitifulness,
- poignancy,
- point,
- prostration,
- pungency,
- rancor,
- rankling,
- rawness,
- regret,
- regretfulness,
- regrets,
- regrettableness,
- regretting,
- remorse,
- remorse of conscience,
- remorsefulness,
- repining,
- resentment,
- rigor,
- roughness,
- sadness,
- severity,
- shame,
- shamefacedness,
- shamefastness,
- shamefulness,
- sharp air,
- sharpness,
- slow burn,
- soreness,
- sorriness,
- sorrow,
- sorrowfulness,
- sourness,
- spleen,
- stabbingness,
- sting,
- stridency,
- stringency,
- suicidal despair,
- tartness,
- teeth,
- trenchancy,
- vehemence,
- vendetta,
- venom,
- violence,
- virulence,
- vitriol,
- wistfulness,
- woe,
- woebegoneness,
- woefulness,
- wretchedness
Words containing 'Bitterness'
- Bitter,
- Bitterful,
- Bittering,
- Bitterly,
- Bitters,
- Bitter Springs,
- Bitter apple,
- Bitter cress,
- Bitter cucumber,
- Bitter earth,
- Bitter end,
- Bitter gourd,
- Bitter principle,
- Bitter principles,
- Bitter rot,
- Bitter salt,
- Bitter spar,
- Bitter vetch,
- To the bitter end,
- bitter almond,
- bitter aloes,
- bitter betch,
- bitter cassava,
- bitter chocolate,
- bitter dock,
- bitter floom,
- bitter hickory,
- bitter lemon,
- bitter oak,
- bitter orange,
- bitter pea,
- bitter pecan,
- bitter pignut,
- bitter pill,
- bitter salts,
- quinova bitter,
- Bitter Springs, AZ,
- bitter almond oil,
- bitter orange tree,
- bitter-bark,
- oil of bitter almonds,
- imitation oil of bitter almonds