bitterness Copy link Outline I. Of taste1. ămārĭtas2. ămārĭtūdo3. ămāror (rare)II. Sharpness, severity1. ăcerbĭtas2. aspĕrĭtas (of b. as hostile, aggressive)3. ămārĭtūdo (bitter, wounded feeling)III. Severe affliction1. ăcerbĭtas2. ămārĭtūdo • bitterness: I. Of taste: 1. ămārĭtas: the b. of the juice, am. succi, Vitr. 2. ămārĭtūdo: Varr.: Plin. 3. ămāror (rare): Lucr.: Virg. II. Sharpness, severity: 1. ăcerbĭtas: a difference of opinion without b., dissensio sine a., Cic. 2. aspĕrĭtas (of b. as hostile, aggressive): words of studied b., verba quaesita asperitate, Tac. 3. ămārĭtūdo (bitter, wounded feeling): lest injustice turn to b., ne in amaritudinem vertat injuria, Plin. III. Severe affliction: 1. ăcerbĭtas: the b. of extreme grief, a. summi luctus, Cic. 2. ămārĭtūdo: Val. Max.: v. grievousness.