English-Thai Dictionary
bittern
N นก ยุโรปช นิดหนึ่ง ตระกูล Heron nok-yu-rob-cha-nid-nueng-tra-kun
bitterness
N ความขมขื่น ความ ชอกช้ำ ความ ตรอมตรม ความ ทุกข์ระทม khwam-kom-khuen
bitterness
N ความเคียดแค้น ความโกรธแค้น ความแค้น hatred resentment khwam-khiad-kaen
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
BITTERN
n.A fowl of the grallic order, the Ardea stellaris, a native of Europe. This fowl has long legs and neck, and stalks among reeds and sedge, feeding upon fish. It makes a singular noise, called by Dryden bumping, and by Goldsmith booming.
BITTERN
n.[from bitter. ] In salt works, the brine remaining after the salt is concreted. This being laded off, and the salt taken out of the pan, is returned, and being again boiled, yields more salt. It is used in the preparation of Epsom salt, the sulphate of magnesia, and of Glauber's salt, the sulphate of soda.
BITTERNESS
n.[from bitter. ] A bitter taste; or rather a quality in things which excites a biting disagreeable sensation in the tongue. 1. In a figurative sense, extreme enmity, grudge, hatred; or rather an excessive degree or implacableness of passions and emotions; as the bitterness of anger. Ephesians 4:31.
2. Sharpness; severity of temper.
3. Keenness of reproach; piquancy; biting sarcasm.
4. Keen sorrow; painful affliction; vexation; deep distress of mind.
Hannah was in bitterness of soul. 1 Samuel 1:1 ; Job 7:11.
In the gall of bitterness, in a state of extreme impiety or enmity to God. Acts 8:23.
Root of bitterness, a dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy. Hebrews 12:15.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BITTERN
Bit "tern, n. Etym: [OE. bitoure, betore, bitter, fr. F. butor; of unknown origin. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A wading bird of the genus Botaurus, allied to the herons, of various species.
Note: The common European bittern is Botaurus stellaris. It makes, during the brooding season, a noise called by Dryden bumping, and by Goldsmith booming. The American bittern is B. lentiginosus, and is also called stake-driver and meadow hen. See Stake-driver.
Note: The name is applied to other related birds, as the least bittern (Ardetta exilis ), and the sun bittern.
BITTERN
Bit "tern, n. Etym: [From Bitter, a.]
1. The brine which remains in salt works after the salt is concreted, having a bitter taste from the chloride of magnesium which it contains.
2. A very bitter compound of quassia, cocculus Indicus, etc. , used by fraudulent brewers in adulterating beer. Cooley.
BITTERNESS
Bit "ter *ness, n. Etym: [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.
BITTERNUT
BITTERNUT Bit "ter *nut ", n. (Bot. )
Defn: The swamp hickory (Carya amara ). Its thin-shelled nuts are bitter.
New American Oxford Dictionary
bittern
bit tern 1 |ˈbitərn ˈbɪdərn | ▶noun a large marsh bird of the heron family, typically smaller than a heron, with brown streaked plumage. The larger kinds are noted for the deep booming call of the male in the breeding season. [Genera Botaurus and Ixobrychus, family Ardeidae: several species, esp. the American bittern (B. lentiginosus ) and the least bittern (I. exilis ).] ORIGIN late Middle English bitore, from Old French butor, based on Latin butio ‘bittern ’ + taurus ‘bull ’ (because of its call ). The - n was added in the 16th cent. , perhaps by association with hern, obsolete variant of heron .
bittern
bit tern 2 |ˈbɪdərn ˈbitərn |(also bitterns ) ▶noun a concentrated solution of various salts remaining after the crystallization of salt from seawater. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: probably from the adjective bitter .
bitterness
bit ter ness |ˈbitərnis | ▶noun 1 sharpness of taste; lack of sweetness: the lime juice imparts a slight bitterness. 2 anger and disappointment at being treated unfairly; resentment: he expressed bitterness over his dismissal without notice.
Oxford Dictionary
bittern
bittern 1 |ˈbɪtən | ▶noun a large marshbird of the heron family, which is typically smaller than a heron, with brown streaked plumage. The larger kinds are noted for the deep booming call of the male in the breeding season. ●Genera Botaurus and Ixobrychus, family Ardeidae: several species, especially the Eurasian bittern (B. stellaris ) and the American bittern (B. lentiginosus ). ORIGIN late Middle English bitore, from Old French butor, based on Latin butio ‘bittern ’ + taurus ‘bull ’ (because of its call ). The - n was added in the 16th cent. , perhaps by association with hern, obsolete variant of heron .
bittern
bittern 2 |ˈbɪt (ə )n |(also bitterns ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] a concentrated solution of various salts remaining after the crystallization of salt from seawater. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: probably from the adjective bitter .
bitterness
bit ¦ter |ness |bɪtənəs | ▶noun 1 sharpness of taste; lack of sweetness: the lime juice imparts a slight bitterness. 2 anger and disappointment at being treated unfairly; resentment: he expressed bitterness over his dismissal without notice.
American Oxford Thesaurus
bitterness
bitterness noun 1 the bitterness of the medicine: sharpness, acidity, acridity, tartness, sourness, harshness; technical acerbity. ANTONYMS sweetness. 2 there was no bitterness between them: resentment, rancor, indignation, grudge, spite, sullenness, sourness, churlishness, moroseness, petulance, pique, peevishness; acrimony, hostility, malice, virulence, antipathy, antagonism, enmity, animus, friction, vitriol, hatred, loathing, venom, poison, nastiness, ill feeling, ill will, bad blood. ANTONYMS magnanimity, contentment, goodwill. 3 the bitterness of war: trauma, pain, agony, grief; unpleasantness, disagreeableness, nastiness; heartache, heartbreak, distress, desolation, despair, tragedy. ANTONYMS delight.
Oxford Thesaurus
bitterness
bitterness noun 1 the bitterness of the medicine: sharpness, acidity, pungency, acridity, tartness, sourness, harshness, vinegariness, acerbity. ANTONYMS sweetness. 2 his bitterness against his parents grew: resentment, resentfulness, embitteredness, dissatisfaction, disgruntlement, discontent, grudge, pique, indignation, sourness, rancour, spite, sullenness, churlishness, moroseness, petulance, peevishness, spleen, acrimony. ANTONYMS magnanimity; contentment. 3 the bitterness of war: trauma, pain, painfulness, agony, grief; unpleasantness, disagreeableness, nastiness, awfulness; upset, heartache, heartbreak, unhappiness, misery, wretchedness, sorrow, sadness, distress, desolation, despair, desperation, poignancy, tragedy. ANTONYMS delight. 4 the bitterness of the wind: intense cold, bitter cold, iciness, frostiness, chilliness, chill; penetration, intensity, bite, nip, sting, sharpness, keenness, rawness, harshness, wintriness; Brit. informal parkiness. ANTONYMS warmth, balminess. 5 there was irreconcilable bitterness between strikers and strike-breakers: acrimony, hostility, antipathy, antagonism, enmity, animus, friction, virulence, anger, rancour, spite, spitefulness, vindictiveness, viciousness, vitriol, savagery, ferocity, hate, hatred, loathing, detestation, venom, poison, bile, nastiness, ill feeling, ill will, bad blood, malignity, malevolence; literary or archaic choler. ANTONYMS goodwill.
Duden Dictionary
Bitternis
Bit ter nis Substantiv, feminin gehoben , die |B i tternis |die Bitternis; Genitiv: der Bitternis, Plural: die Bitternisse 1 bitterer Geschmack 2 Bitterkeit 2 ; bitteres Gefühl; Leiden die Bitternisse, die das Schicksal uns bereitet hat
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
bittern
bit tern /bɪ́tə r n |bɪ́t (ə )n /名詞 1 C 〘鳥 〙サンカノゴイ 〘サギの一種 〙.2 U 〘化 〙にがり .
The Wordsmith Dictionary