bitterness
Example Sentences
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The discord began at a time when bitterness about Spain’s colonial legacy had largely receded, and many Mexicans celebrate their mixed European and Indigenous heritage.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
To call him a good loser is simply untrue—though from what we can tell the bitterness was always directed inward.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
The brown butter lends a nutty undertone and caramel depth, a quiet bitterness that keeps the sweetness in check.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
She described forgiveness not as saying it was OK, but as releasing the "bitterness so it no longer dominates how you feel".
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
It was for all of this that she was paying now, and it was this pride, hatred, bitterness, lust—this folly, this corruption—of which her son was heir.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
Vocabulary lists containing bitterness
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ness
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