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Bitterness

The quality or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severity; keenness of reproach or sarcasm; deep distress, grief, or vexation of mind.

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Acerbity 76% connected

Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.

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Acridity 76% connected

Alt. of Acridness

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Acridness 76% connected

The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.

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Envy 76% connected

Malice; ill will; spite.

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Grievance 76% connected

A cause of uneasiness and complaint; a wrong done and suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or resistance, as arising from injustice, ty…

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Grudge 76% connected

To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to…

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Heartburning 76% connected

Causing discontent.

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Score 76% connected

A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

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Sulkiness 76% connected

The quality or state of being sulky; sullenness; moroseness; as, sulkiness of disposition.

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Disagreeableness 76% connected

The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness.

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Enmity 76% connected

The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.

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Hostility 76% connected

State of being hostile; public or private enemy; unfriendliness; animosity.

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Taste 76% connected

To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.

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Acerbic 74% connected

Sour or severe.

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Acerbic 74% connected

Sour or severe.

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Bitter 74% connected

AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts.

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Bitter 74% connected

AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts.

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Embitter 74% connected

To make bitter or sad. See Imbitter.

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Embitter 74% connected

To make bitter or sad. See Imbitter.

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Gall 74% connected

The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that…

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Gall 74% connected

The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that…

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Acerbity 92% connected

Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.

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Acrimony 92% connected

A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants.

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Bitter 92% connected

AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts.

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Gall 92% connected

The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Jaundice 92% connected

A morbid condition, characterized by yellowness of the eyes, skin, and urine, whiteness of the faeces, constipation, uneasiness in the region of the…

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Rancor 92% connected

The deepest malignity or spite; deep-seated enmity or malice; inveterate hatred.

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Resentment 92% connected

The act of resenting.

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Tartness 92% connected

The quality or state of being tart.

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