Robin Densmore Fuson

  Definition of Bitterness: hard to bear; grievous; distressful: a bitter sorrow. causing pain; piercing; stinging: a bitter chill. characterized by intense antagonism or hostility: bitter hatred. hard to admit or accept: a bitter lesson. resentful or cynical:   Read the synonyms list. Hostility, malice, corrosiveness, severity, bile, acidity, anger, jealousy, venom etc. Interesting words I found relating to bitterness. One stuck out to me: Malignancy. Say you went to the doctor because there was a lump growing on your body. You never want to sit across the desk of the specialist when he says the word malignant. Yet that is the same meaning as bitterness. A malignant mass of self-destruction. A close relation of mine lived with bitterness for over thirty years. Her bitterness drove a wedge between herself and others. She let it fester and became malignant. Every conversation came around her hurt and the one who had caused the hurt. One time, I told this w...