bittersome
adjEtymology From bitter + -some.
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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: