bitterness
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Capra evaded the blacklist, but his bitterness remained.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Joy at last in a season that has brought little more than bitterness and rancour about the state of the club, on the field and off.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Its first half is filled with the optimistic insistence that dancing and love will save us all, while the second finds Madonna wrestling with bitterness and regret.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Repeatedly, Marina is told she looks just like her mom, but the comment occasionally contains a trace of bitterness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
I listened to it locked in my own brooding bitterness.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
Vocabulary lists containing bitterness
"America"
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