Found 3 items, similar to Bitterness.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: bitterness kegetiran, kepahitan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: bitterness bitterness n 1: a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will [syn: resentment, gall, rancor, rancour] 2: a sharp and bitter manner [syn: acrimony, acerbity, jaundice] 3: the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth [syn: bitter] 4: the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste [syn: bitter]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bitterness Bitterness \Bit"ter*ness\, n. [AS. biternys; biter better + -nys = -ness.] 1. The quality or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severity; keenness of reproach or sarcasm; deep distress, grief, or vexation of mind. [1913 Webster] The lip that curls with bitterness. --Percival. [1913 Webster] I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. --Job vii. 11. [1913 Webster] 2. A state of extreme impiety or enmity to God. [1913 Webster] Thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. --Acts viii. 23. [1913 Webster] 3. Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy. [1913 Webster] Looking diligently, . . . lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you. --Heb. xii. 15. [1913 Webster]