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. Paul Rozin:

   People come to like a wide variety of innately negative experiences: the burn of chili pepper in the mouth, the bitterness of coffee, the fear from riding on a roller coaster, such benign masochism is widespread in humans, and we really don't know how that process operates.

2. Jeremy Corbyn:

   Going to war creates a legacy of bitterness and problems, let us be a force for change in the world, a force for humanity in the world, a force for peace in the world, and a force that recognizes we can not go on like this, with grotesque levels of global inequality, grotesque threats to our environment all around the world, without the rich and powerful governments stepping up to the plate to make sure our world becomes safer and better -- and those people don't end up in poverty, in refugee camps, wasting their lives away.

3. Trey Gowdy:

   I asked him once, have you ever been stopped in a circumstance when you thought you weren't doing anything wrong. He goes, 'all the time,' i never had to live with that. I don't know what that feels like. Nobody has ever stopped me walking into the Capitol, making sure I was credentialed. If there is a bitterness about it, he keeps it incredibly well concealed.

4. Bill Weld:

   I've never seen such bitterness in this country.

5. Federico Mansilia:

   Everybody complains, those who get social support because they say it's not enough, and those who don't get it because they want social support. At least in the pandemic, government and opposition worked together, now polarization and bitterness is growing again.