🇬🇧🇨🇳 bitterness - 怨恨 : English Lesson

Meaning of "bitterness" ("怨恨"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Bitterness is a strong, long‑lasting feeling of anger and unhappiness you have when you think something was very unfair, and you keep thinking about it instead of letting it go.

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Max felt deep bitterness when his baby sister drooled on his homework and the teacher said, "Nice watercolors!"

The cat stared at the empty food bowl with such bitterness that the dog went and apologized for no reason.

Timmy’s bitterness about bedtime was so strong, even his pajamas looked mad.

There was great bitterness in the classroom when the fire drill started exactly one minute before recess.

Grandpa still has bitterness about the time in 1973 when someone ate his leftover pizza—he can describe the cheese in perfect detail.

She read the letter and felt a heat of bitterness settle like cold ash. Bitterness clenched her hands; she tore the page. Bitterness sharpened her words as she threw the paper into the street. Bitterness kept her from sleeping, a hard stone in her chest. At dawn she walked away; the last bitterness loosened and fell like dust.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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