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bittersome

adjective

Marked by bitterness.

Scrabble 14

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Meanings

adjectivebittersome (comparative more bittersome, superlative most bittersome)

comparative more bittersome · superlative most bittersome

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

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Origin

From bitter + -some.

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APA

bittersome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bittersome

MLA

“bittersome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bittersome. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bittersome,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bittersome.

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