bitterness.

1. A strong taste unlike sweetness, often associated with certain plant compounds.

2. A lasting sense of anger or hurt about unfair treatment or disappointment.

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Words that belong together

• coffee bitterness
• lingering bitterness

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The coffee's bitterness lingered after the milk was gone.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.