bitterness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The quality of having a bitter taste.
The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment; the quality of exhibiting such feelings.
The quality of eliciting a bitter, humiliating or harsh feeling.
Harsh cold.

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From Middle English bitternesse, biternesse, from Old English biternes (“bitterness; grief”), equivalent to bitter + -ness.

acerbity alkalinity astringency bitterness wormwood acerbicness acridity acridness acrimony gall rancor resentment bile

sweetness

bitter

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