bitterness

Meanings

Plural: bitternesses

Noun

• a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
• a rough and bitter manner
• the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
• the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
• The quality of having a bitter taste.
• The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment; the quality of exhibiting such feelings.
• The quality of eliciting a bitter, humiliating or harsh feeling.
• Harsh cold.

Synonyms

acerbicness, acerbity, acridity, acridness, acrimony, alkalinity, astringency, bitter, bitterness, gall, jaundice, rancor, rancour, resentment, tartness, thorniness, wormwood

Antonyms

sweetness

Related Words

bitter