1. (noun)resentment, bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
2. (noun)bitterness, acrimony, acerbity, jaundice, tartness, thorniness a rough and bitter manner
3. (noun)bitter, bitterness the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
4. (noun)bitterness, bitter the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
Definition of 'bitterness'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)bitterness 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
2. (noun)bitterness a state of extreme impiety or enmity to God
3. (noun)bitterness dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy