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wormwood
noun as in bitter pill
Weak matches
Example Sentences
The taste is intense, with hard-hitting wormwood flavor and lemony undertones.
Strong fennel and wormwood hit the back of my tongue along with a dryness from the barrel and hints of citrus from the chamomile.
But voters are more likely to go for Gabriel Ebert, who plays Mr. Wormwood in Matilda the Musical with bitter fun.
Like, Mrs. Wormwood very much wants to be the center of attention.
In a strong man's love for his home and his mate was it rooted, and drew therefrom the wormwood of love thwarted and spurned.
The Act of 1903 had the cordial support of a small minority of Nationalists; but to the majority it was gall and wormwood.
From a tincture prepared from the dried tops of wormwood boiled in proof spirit.
Lopez was going to send food and wine into the house, which would be gall and wormwood to her father.
This last interruption, in which even His mother joined, must have been gall and wormwood to that tender heart.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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