bitterness

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

bitternesses

1.
(countable, uncountable)The quality of having a bitter taste.
2.
(countable, uncountable)The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment; the quality of exhibiting such feelings.
the bitterness of his words
She kept her bitterness about her mistreatment for the rest of her life.
3.
(countable, uncountable)The quality of eliciting a bitter, humiliating or harsh feeling.
Nothing could assuage the bitterness of their defeat.
4.
(countable, uncountable)Harsh cold.
The bitterness of the winter caught us all by surprise.

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acerbicnessacridityacridnessacrimonygall rancor resentment bile rancour

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English bitternesse, biternesse, from Old English biternes (bitterness; grief), equivalent to bitter + -ness.