Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bitterness"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

The lip that curls with bitterness. --Percival.

I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. --Job
vii. 11.

2. A state of extreme impiety or enmity to God.

Thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond
of iniquity. --Acts viii.
23.

3. Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to
apostasy.

Looking diligently, . . . lest any root of
bitterness springing up trouble you. --Heb. xii.
15.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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}]

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