Definition of "bitterness" in Anglais

noun

1. The quality of having a bitter taste.

2. The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment; the quality of exhibiting such feelings.

   • the bitterness of his words
   • She kept her bitterness about her mistreatment for the rest of her life.

3. The quality of eliciting a bitter, humiliating or harsh feeling.

   • Nothing could assuage the bitterness of their defeat.

4. Harsh cold.

   • The bitterness of the winter caught us all by surprise.