Synonyms for bitterness
bit·ter·ness

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1. bitternessnoun

   the quality of having a bitter taste

   Synonyms:
   acerbicness, acridness, acridity

2. bitternessnoun

   the quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment

   Synonyms:
   acrimony, rancor, resentment, gall, rancour

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1. bitterness

   Acerbity is a sharpness, with a touch of bitterness, which may arise from momentary annoyance or habitual impatience; asperity is keener and more pronounced, denoting distinct irritation or vexation; in speech asperity is often manifested by the tone of voice rather than by the words that are spoken. Acrimony in speech or temper is like a corrosive acid; it springs from settled character or deeply rooted feeling of aversion or unkindness. One might speak with momentary asperity to his child, but not with acrimony, unless estrangement had begun. Malignity is the extreme of settled ill intent; virulence is an envenomed hostility. Virulence of speech is a quality in language that makes the language seem as if exuding poison. Virulence is outspoken; malignity may be covered with smooth and courteous phrase. We say intense virulence, deep malignity. Severity is always painful, and may be terrible, but carries ordinarily the implication, true or false, of justice. Compare ANGER; BITTER; ENMITY.

   Synonyms:
   acerbity, acrimony, asperity, causticity, harshness, malignity, moroseness, severity, sharpness, sourness, tartness, unkindness, virulence

   Antonyms:
   amiability, courtesy, gentleness, good nature, kindness, mildness, smoothness, sweetness

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1. resentment, bitterness, gall, rancor, rancournoun

   a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

   Synonyms:
   acrimony, saddle sore, rancour, impudence, freshness, insolence, rancor, bile, thorniness, tartness, acerbity, resentment, cheekiness, impertinence, gall, jaundice, crust, bitter

2. bitterness, acrimony, acerbity, jaundice, tartness, thorninessnoun

   a rough and bitter manner

   Synonyms:
   acrimony, sourness, bristliness, sour, rancor, thorniness, tartness, acerbity, resentment, prickliness, spininess, gall, icterus, jaundice, bitter, rancour

3. bitter, bitternessnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   rancour, rancor, thorniness, acrimony, jaundice, bitter, resentment, tartness, acerbity, gall

4. bitterness, bitternoun

   the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

   Synonyms:
   rancour, rancor, thorniness, acrimony, jaundice, bitter, resentment, tartness, acerbity, gall

Matched Categories

1. • Taste
   • Taste Property

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1. bitternessnoun

   Synonyms:
   bitter taste

2. bitternessnoun

   Synonyms:
   spleen, gall, rankling, rancor, heart-burning, animosity, hatred, malice, malignity, spite, enmity, ill-will

3. bitternessnoun

   Synonyms:
   asperity, acerbity, severity, harshness, acrimony, ill-temper, bad blood

4. bitternessnoun

   Synonyms:
   distress, pain, grief, sorrow, affliction, heaviness, regret, despondency

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1. bitternessnoun

   Synonyms:
   acridity, acerbity, gall, wormwood, poignancy, intensity, severity, rancor, malice, malignity, implacableness

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1. List of paraphrases for "bitterness":

   resentment, exasperation, acrimony, rancour, sadness

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1. Letitia Elizabeth Landon:

   Who, in after life, can help smiling at the fancies in which early anticipation revelled ; how absurd, how impossible, do they not now appear! Yet, in such mockery lurks much of bitterness : the laugh rings hollow from many a disappointment, and many a mortification.

2. Chris Mack:

   I’m humble enough that if I’m not the right person, all good, man, just want the best for them. They’re great kids. I loved my time at Louisville. My kids love it here. And so, I harbor no bitterness. Life’s too short. I know in 2022 everybody wants to be a victim. Never live my life that way, at all.

3. Bill Weld:

   I've never seen such bitterness in this country.

4. Benjamin Franklin:

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

5. Madame Guizot:

   Much misconstruction and bitterness are spared to him who thinks naturally upon what he owes to others rather than what he ought to expect from them.