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Bitterkeit

bitterness (of taste or feeling)

noun BIT-er-kite Rare
Mind & Emotions Emotions

Usage Note

Bitterkeit covers both literal bitterness of taste and emotional bitterness. In the emotional sense it is a momentary or situational feeling, somewhat less entrenched than the chronic Verbitterung.

Examples

"In seiner Stimme war eine Bitterkeit, die ihm selbst überraschte."

Natural Translation

There was a bitterness in his voice that surprised even him.

Literal Translation

In his voice was a bitterness, that him even surprised.

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