bitterness
US: /ˈbɪtɝnəs/
UK: /bˈɪtənəs/
UK: /bˈɪtənəs/
English Vietnamese dictionary
bitterness /'bitənis/
- danh từ
- vị đắng
- sự cay đắng, sự chua xót; sự đau đớn, sự đau khổ
- sự chua cay, sự gay gắt (của lời nói); tính ác liệt
- sự rét buốt (gió...)
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 harshness, acerbity, acrimony, acrimoniousness, bitterness, spleen, Literary gall and wormwood:
The bitterness of his opponent's attack was totally uncalled for.
2 animosity, hatred, resentment; hostility, antagonism:
She felt bitterness in her heart over the way she had been treated.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
considerable, great, real
QUANT.
edge, hint, touch, trace
VERB + BITTERNESS
feel
She feels no bitterness towards him.
| show
He's never shown any bitterness.
PREP.
with/without ~
She spoke slowly and with some bitterness.
| ~ about/over
their bitterness over the strike
| ~ against/towards
his bitterness towards his own father
| ~ among
the bitterness among nurses about this pay deal
| ~ between
There is no bitterness between them.
Concise English dictionary
'bɪtənɪs
noun
+a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
+a rough and bitter manner
+the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
+the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
