noun
- A feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will.
- synonyms: resentment, gall, rancor, rancour
- A rough and bitter manner.
- synonyms: acrimony, acerbity, jaundice, tartness, thorniness
- The taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth.
- synonyms: bitter
- The property of having a harsh unpleasant taste.
- synonyms: bitter
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