Definition of bitterness

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Bitterness (n.) 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..

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Wormwood :: Wormwood (n.) Anything very bitter or grievous; bitterness.
Disimbitter :: Disimbitter (v. t.) To free from bitterness.
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..
Acerbity :: Acerbity (n.) Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain..
Acrimony :: Acrimony (n.) Sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners..
Ginseng :: Ginseng (n.) A plant of the genus Aralia, the root of which is highly valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant (Aralia Schinseng) has become so rare that the American (A. quinquefolia) has largely taken its place, and its root is now an article of export from America to China. The root, when dry, is of a yellowish white color, with a sweetness in the taste somewhat resembling that of licorice, combined with a slight aromatic bitterness..
Acridness :: Acridness (n.) The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech..
Acerbity :: Acerbity (n.) Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit..
Rue :: Rue (n.) Fig.: Bitterness; disappointment; grief; regret.
Gall :: Gall (n.) Anything extremely bitter; bitterness; rancor.
Bile :: Bile (n.) Bitterness of feeling; choler; anger; ill humor; as, to stir one's bile..
Virulency :: Virulency (n.) Extreme bitterness or malignity of disposition.
Amaritude :: Amaritude (n.) Bitterness.
Bitterness :: Bitterness (n.) Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy..
Bitterness :: Bitterness (n.) A state of extreme impiety or enmity to God.
Envenom :: Envenom (v. t.) To taint or impregnate with bitterness, malice, or hatred; to imbue as with venom; to imbitter..
Bitterness :: Bitterness (n.) 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..
Bitterful :: Bitterful (a.) Full of bitterness.
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