bittersome

adj

bittersome

adj

Etymology From bitter + -some.

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:
2 more examples
  • 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:

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