Bible Dictionaries
Bitterness

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A state of extreme impiety or enmity to God.

(2):

(n.) Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy.

(3):

(n.) The quality or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severity; keenness of reproach or sarcasm; deep distress, grief, or vexation of mind.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bitterness'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bitterness.html. 1828.