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Word entry · 10 letters

bitterness

Best crossword clue

"Sharp taste"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɪtənəs/Part of speech nounSorted beeinrssttStarts with BEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
1B2I3T4T5E6R7N8E9S10S

Definitions

  1. Bitter taste or a resentful feeling.

Word origin

From Middle English bitternesse, biternesse, from Old English biternes (“bitterness; grief”), equivalent to bitter + -ness.

Used in a sentence

  • the bitterness of his words
  • She kept her bitterness about her mistreatment for the rest of her life.
  • Speaking of the guest list, though, it is most disappointing to find some of the third tier European princelings unable to hide their bitterness at being NFI.

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