bitterness
Example Sentences
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To call him a good loser is simply untrue—though from what we can tell the bitterness was always directed inward.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
The brown butter lends a nutty undertone and caramel depth, a quiet bitterness that keeps the sweetness in check.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
With emotion can come suspicion, bitterness and rancour.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
The Kurds have not hidden their bitterness towards Washington, under whose leadership the anti-jihadist coalition had positioned bases in Kurdish-controlled areas.
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
They are the enemy to bitterness and regret, and sweeten this exile we have brought upon ourselves.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Vocabulary lists containing bitterness
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ness
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