bitterness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bitterness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bitterness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bitterness n a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will [syn: resentment, bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour] a rough and bitter manner Synonym(s): bitterness, acrimony, acerbity, jaundice, tartness, thorniness the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth Synonym(s): bitter, bitterness the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste Synonym(s): bitterness, bitter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bitterness \Bit"terness\, 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. The lip that curls with bitterness. --Percival. I will complain in the bitterness* of my soul. --Job vii. 11. 2. A state of extreme impiety or enmity to God. Thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. --Acts viii. 23. 3. Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy. Looking diligently, . . . lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you. --Heb. xii. 15.