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bitterness
(encz) | bitterness,hořkost n: Zdeněk Brož |
bitterness
(encz) | bitterness,trpkost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Bitterness
(gcide) | Bitterness \Bit"ter*ness\, n. [AS. biternys; biter better + -nys
= -ness.]
1. The quality or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in
either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness;
resentfulness; severity; keenness of reproach or sarcasm;
deep distress, grief, or vexation of mind.
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The lip that curls with bitterness. --Percival.
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I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. --Job
vii. 11.
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2. A state of extreme impiety or enmity to God.
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Thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond
of iniquity. --Acts viii.
23.
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3. Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to
apostasy.
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Looking diligently, . . . lest any root of
bitterness springing up trouble you. --Heb. xii.
15.
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bitterness
(wn) | bitterness
n 1: a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will [syn:
resentment, bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour]
2: a rough and bitter manner [syn: bitterness, acrimony,
acerbity, jaundice, tartness, thorniness]
3: the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the
mouth [syn: bitter, bitterness]
4: the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste [syn:
bitterness, bitter] |
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with bitterness
(encz) | with bitterness, adv: |
Bitterness
(gcide) | Bitterness \Bit"ter*ness\, n. [AS. biternys; biter better + -nys
= -ness.]
1. The quality or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in
either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness;
resentfulness; severity; keenness of reproach or sarcasm;
deep distress, grief, or vexation of mind.
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The lip that curls with bitterness. --Percival.
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I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. --Job
vii. 11.
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2. A state of extreme impiety or enmity to God.
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Thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond
of iniquity. --Acts viii.
23.
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3. Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to
apostasy.
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Looking diligently, . . . lest any root of
bitterness springing up trouble you. --Heb. xii.
15.
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