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UK
/bˈɪtənəs/
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[ US /ˈbɪtɝnəs/ ]
[ US /ˈbɪtɝnəs/ ]
NOUN
- the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
- a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
- a rough and bitter manner
- the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
How To Use bitterness In A Sentence
- There is a great deal of feeling and perhaps some bitterness, but do you not all agree with me that it is quite possible, since there is a fashion of armament in Europe, and since there has been no withdrawal on the part of the Admiralty from the stand taken by the First Lord some months ago, to have the entire Canadian people approach this situation in a calm and in an impartial manner? Canada and the Empire
- Casein and gelatin function as adsorbents for phenolics and can reduce a wine's excess bitterness and astringency.
- Yet the Browns harbour no bitterness towards Waugh over the destruction of their business.
- French presses don't do this, so you get full-strength coffee flavor goodness without the bitterness that makes you want cream and sugar. What is the best coffee maker, percolator, for camping?
- Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. Maya Angelou
- Haman was an individual who allowed a slight to build up inside him until he was eaten up with anger, revenge, and bitterness.
- And bitterness is just such a wasted time and emotion. Valerie Plame Wilson Fights Scandal With 'Fair Game'
- It's wry humour that permeates the tale rather than bitterness.
- There is still something almost mythical about a piece of metal that can inspire and assuage all the bitterness of political posturing and stray dog culls. Times, Sunday Times
- A beer in which neither the sweetness of the malt nor the bitterness of the hops predominates.
