All bitterness synonyms

noun bitterness

• pain — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
• hostility — a hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendliness.
• anguish — Anguish is great mental suffering or physical pain.
• sarcasm — harsh or bitter derision or irony.
• acidity — the quality or state of being acid
• acridity — sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.: acrid smoke from burning rubber.
• tartness — sharp to the taste; sour or acid: Tart apples are best for pie. Synonyms: astringent, acrid, piquant. Antonyms: sweet, sugary, bland, mellow.
• sharpness — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
• acerbity — Acerbity is a kind of bitter, critical humour.
• piquancy — agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; pleasantly biting or tart: a piquant aspic.
• brackish — Brackish water is slightly salty and unpleasant.
• pungency — sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid.
• astringent — An astringent is a liquid that you put on your skin to make it less oily or to make cuts stop bleeding.
• briny — of or resembling brine; salty
• harshness — ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
• distress — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
• venom — the poisonous fluid that some animals, as certain snakes and spiders, secrete and introduce into the bodies of their victims by biting, stinging, etc.
• virulence — quality of being virulent.
• asperity — If you say something with asperity, you say it impatiently and severely.
• painful — affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
• mordancy — the quality of being mordant; sharpness.
• acrimonious — Acrimonious words or quarrels are bitter and angry.
• grievousness — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.