0 an unpleasantly sharp taste --
1 a feeling of anger and unhappiness: --
A depressed and estranged peasantry expressed its bitterness by swelling the ranks of the rebels.
The final convict scene contains 'no bitterness, no pangs of an unclean conscience, but only sadness concentrated on a ruined life' (p. 16).
I will wipe them out without trace, drench them in bitterness!
Each subject described emptiness, shortness, and bitterness of life, or similar feelings.
Where the non-graduates fought harder and with considerably more bitterness was to defend their position in primary schools.
However, most of these changes were brought about by force, established by decree amidst much political chaos, bitterness and division.
On average, saffron produced at the coastal site had more colouring strength and bitterness than that produced at the high-elevation site.
By exalting strife, contention, and bitterness, the tendency of militarism was toward regression and barbarism.
