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# bitterness

«bitterness» in Mova's school dictionary: **A sharp, unpleasant taste, like strong coffee or dark…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (bitterness, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A sharp, unpleasant taste, like strong coffee or dark chocolate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bitterness/#m1)

2) Angry, hurt feelings because you think you were treated unfairly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bitterness/#m2)

3) (of weather) Very sharp coldness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bitterness/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on taste: the tongue senses sweetness, saltiness, sourness, bitterness and umami. In stories: a character feels bitterness after losing or being let down. Phrases: without bitterness, a feeling of bitterness, the bitterness of the wind.

### examples

- The bitterness of the medicine made him pull a face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bitterness/#x1)
- Dark chocolate has a little bitterness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bitterness/#x2)
- She spoke about the lost match without bitterness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bitterness/#x3)
- There was bitterness between the two brothers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bitterness/#x4)
- The bitterness of the winter wind stung our faces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bitterness/#x5)
- Lemons are sour; coffee has bitterness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bitterness/#x6)
- Inge heard all this, and her heart became hardened and full of bitterness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bitterness/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective: bitter. Bitter (taste of coffee) is not the same as sour (taste of lemons) — a common confusion.

### In the corpora

- [And they were a bitterness of spirit unto Isaac and to Rebekah.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.772/)
- [And the priest shall write these curses in a scroll, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.212/)
- [and she was in bitterness of soul — and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.10/)
- [And Agag said: 'Surely the bitterness of death is at hand.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.417/)
- [Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.511/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bitterness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bitterness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.