English-Thai Dictionary

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

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

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

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

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.