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bitterness

Pronunciation: /ˈbɪtənəs/

The English word “bitterness” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The quality of having a bitter taste.
  2. The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment; the quality of exhibiting such feelings.
  3. The quality of eliciting a bitter, humiliating or harsh feeling.
  4. Harsh cold.

Etymology

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

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