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bittersome en · ADJ

Etymology

From bitter + -some.

Meanings

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

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more bittersome Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most bittersome Degree=Sup lexicographic