bitterness
noun
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.
