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As Felipe talked with him, he perceived even more clearly how bitter and unjust his mother had been to Alessandro.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONO death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions!
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSShe suddenly sank back upon the pillow and gave up to bitter anguish, when she recalled what had followed.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXGordon gave a bitter laugh and went on, with the same strange, serious air of explaining his plan.
CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMESIf he had only been himself I should have had nothing more to desire, but he was in one of his bitter, sarcastic moods.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYSick, trembling, her beautiful face humble and tearful enough now, she bent it on his shoulder in a shower of bitter tears.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODThe one over which she had wept such bitter tears in the valley, they had burned the night before they left their Saboba home.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONHowever that may be, he wrote, and never did letter carry more bitter disappointment to a Christian community.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYAnd a bitter reflection was it, that reward still came to him—still a fair return for time and strength expended.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSBut Aunt Ri did not know what forces of fortitude had been gathering in Ramona's soul during these last bitter years.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONSYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 15, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO BITTER PILL
- bitter pill
- blind alley
- blow
- blunder
- bringdown
- bummer
- bust
- calamity
- defeat
- disaster
- discouragement
- downer
- downfall
- drag
- dud
- error
- failure
- false alarm
- faux pas
- fiasco
- fizzle
- flash in the pan
- impasse
- inefficacy
- lemon
- miscalculation
- mischance
- misfortune
- mishap
- mistake
- obstacle
- old one-two
- setback
- slip
- washout
- adverse fates
- adversities
- bafflement
- blows
- chagrin
- defeats
- despondency
- discontents
- discouragements
- disenchantments
- disgruntlements
- disillusionments
- disillusions
- dissatisfactions
- distress
- failures
- frustrations
- lack of successes
- letdown
- mortifications
- nonsuccesses
- regrets
- setbacks
- the knocks
- unfulfillments
- annoyances
- bitter pills
- blockings
- blows
- bummers
- chagrin
- circumventions
- contraventions
- curbings
- defeats
- disgruntlements
- dissatisfactions
- downers
- drags
- failures
- fizzles
- grievances
- hindrances
- impediments
- irritations
- letdown
- nonfulfillments
- nonsuccesses
- obstructions
- old one-twos
- resentments
- setbacks
- unfulfillments
- vexations
- aches
- agonies
- anguish
- anvil choruses
- bad news
- blues
- depressions
- desolation
- despair
- despondency
- discomforts
- distress
- dolors
- gloom
- griefs
- hardships
- headaches
- heartaches
- hurtings
- melancholies
- pangs
- passions
- sadness
- sorrows
- squalor
- stitches
- sufferings
- throes
- torments
- tortures
- twinges
- unhappiness
- woes
- worries
- worriments
- wretchedness
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.