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bittersome

bittersome adjective: marked by bitterness.

Adjective

bittersome (comparative more bittersome, superlative most bittersome)

  1. (figuratively, literally) Marked by bitterness.
    • Save you out of whacked collapsed debris of bittersome mess of failures.2000, Yang-Un Moon Eiman, Multi-Mega-Trans-Metamorphosis
    • Her hand grew heavy with it, & the salts, & the bittersome oils of her hand.2004, Srikanth Reddy, Facts for Visitors

Examples of bittersome in a sentence

  • Walk lightly in the burrows / Of bittersome society.2010, Thomas Emmett Waggoner, The Weight of Worlds:
  • They let a bittersome poison creep into their hearts, concerning the failings of people.2016, Graham Richardson, Standing and Waiting:

Forms of bittersome

comparativemore bittersome
superlativemost bittersome

Origin of bittersome

From bitter + -some.

Questions about bittersome

What does bittersome mean?
Bittersome means marked by bitterness.
How do you use bittersome in a sentence?
Walk lightly in the burrows / Of bittersome society.
What part of speech is bittersome?
Bittersome is an adjective.

Words near bittersome in the dictionary

  1. Bitterroot Mountains
  2. Bitterroot Range
  3. bitterroots
  4. bitters
  5. bittersharp
  6. bittersome
  7. bittersweet
  8. bittersweetly
  9. bittersweetness
  10. bittersweets
  11. bitterweed

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