bitterness (n.)
- acerbity
- acid
- acidity
- acidness
- acidulousness
- acridity
- acridness
- acrimony
- agony
- algidity
- anguish
- animosity
- animus
- antagonism
- asperity
- astringence
- astringency
- attrition
- bale
- bile
- bite
- bitterness
- bleakness
- briskness
- cheerlessness
- chill
- chilliness
- choler
- cold
- coldness
- contriteness
- contrition
- cool
- coolness
- crispness
- crushing
- cryogenics
- depression
- desolation
- despair
- discomfort
- distress
- distressfulness
- dreariness
- edge
- enmity
- extremity
- feud
- fierceness
- freshness
- frigidity
- frostiness
- gall
- gelidity
- grief
- grip
- harshness
- hatred
- heartache
- heartburning
- hostility
- iciness
- incisiveness
- inclemency
- infelicity
- joylessness
- keenness
- lamentation
- melancholia
- melancholy
- misery
- mordacity
- mournfulness
- nip
- pain
- painfulness
- pathos
- piquancy
- poignancy
- point
- prostration
- pungency
- rancor
- rawness
- regret
- regrets
- remorse
- resentment
- rigor
- roughness
- sadness
- severity
- shame
- shamefacedness
- shamefulness
- sharpness
- soreness
- sorriness
- sorrow
- sorrowfulness
- sourness
- spleen
- sting
- stridency
- stringency
- tartness
- teeth
- trenchancy
- vehemence
- vendetta
- venom
- violence
- virulence
- vitriol
- wistfulness
- woe
- woefulness
- wretchedness
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
But hushed be every thought that springs
From out the bitterness of things.
