Definitions for bitterness
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. resentment, bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour(noun)

   a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

2. bitterness, acrimony, acerbity, jaundice, tartness, thorniness(noun)

   a rough and bitter manner

3. bitter, bitterness(noun)

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

4. bitterness, bitter(noun)

   the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bitterness(Noun)

   the quality of having a bitter taste

2. bitterness(Noun)

   the quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bitterness(noun)

   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. Bitterness(noun)

   a state of extreme impiety or enmity to God

3. Bitterness(noun)

   dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bitterness in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bitterness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of bitterness in a Sentence

1. Leo C. Rosten:

   Satire is focused bitterness.

2. Sara Teasdale:

   Beauty, more than bitterness Makes the heart break.

3. Peter Parkinson:

   I have felt a certain amount of bitterness that my hand has been forced.

4. Nyaaba Samuel Atanga:

   You cannot enjoy my sweetness and refuse to enjoy my bitterness when arise.

5. Benjamin Franklin:

   The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.

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