Synonyms and Antonyms of bitterness
1
a deep-seated ill will - He still harbored an implacable bitterness against the company that had fired him.
animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, bad blood, enmity, gall, grudge, hostility, jaundice, rancor
blood feud, feud, score, vendetta
hate, hatred, loathing
vindictiveness, virulence, vitriol
alienation, disaffection, estrangement
conflict, coolness, discord, friction, strain, tension
inhospitableness, unfriendliness
malice, malignancy, malignity, spite, spitefulness, venom
amiability, amicability, civility, cordiality, friendliness, hospitality, neighborliness
comity, empathy, friendship, goodwill, sympathy, understanding
2
a harsh or sharp quality - The bitterness of the coffee suggested that it had been reheated.
acerbity, acidity, acidness, acridity, acridness, acrimoniousness, acrimony, acuteness, asperity, bite, edge, harshness, keenness, poignance, poignancy, pungency, roughness, sharpness, tartness
ginger, punch, spice, tang
raucousness, severeness, severity, shrillness, virulence, vitriol
cattiness, maliciousness
pointedness, thorniness
3
an uncomfortable degree of coolness - There's a bitterness in the air, so let's build a fire in the fireplace.
4
biting sharpness of feeling or expression - complained with great bitterness about the unfair treatment he had received
acidity, acidness, acridity, acridness, acrimony, asperity, bile, cattiness, corrosiveness, mordancy, tartness, virulence, virulency, vitriol
gruffness, harshness, hostility, relentlessness, severity, sternness, vehemence
coldness, crossness, discourteousness, iciness, impoliteness, incivility, nastiness, rudeness, sourness, surliness, ungraciousness
anger, animosity, gall, jaundice, malevolence, malice, rancor, scorn, spite, spleen, venom, vindictiveness
jealousy, pique, resentment, sour grapes
civility, cordiality, courtesy, diplomacy, geniality, graciousness, kindness, politeness, tactfulness
compassion, softness, sweetness, sympathy, tenderness, warmth
oiliness, smoothness, suaveness, suavity, unctuousness, urbanity
