BITTERNESS
\bˈɪtənəs], \bˈɪtənəs], \b_ˈɪ_t_ə_n_ə_s]\
Definitions of BITTERNESS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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A state of extreme impiety or enmity to God.
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Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A state of extreme impiety or enmity to God.
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Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy.
By Noah Webster.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A particular taste, which belongs to many substances. In some diseases there is a sense of bitterness felt in the mouth.
By Robley Dunglison
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