English → Latin
“bitterness” in Latin
amāritūdōbitterness; harshness; severity, acrimoniousness, sadness, trouble, sorrow, harshnessamāritāsbitterness, harshnessacerbitāssourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit; harshness, severity; sorrowgravitāsweight, heaviness; gravity, seriousness; severity, harshnessīraire, anger, wrathbīlisbile; anger, gallodiumhatred, ill-will, aversion, dislike, disgust, detestation, odium, loathing, enmity or their manifestation; the conditionaegritūdōillness, sickness; grief, sorrowmaerormourning, grief, lamentation; sorrowamāritiēsbitterness, harshness
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bitterness
amaritudo (PROP. and figuratively), amaritas (PROP.: this [Vitr.] and amarities, Catullus; less good titan amaritudo); acerbitas (harshness, unfriendliness; calamilous state); gravitas (violence, vehemence); ira, bilis, odium (anger, hate); aegritudo, moeror (grief). A bitterness of tone, amaritudo vocia. To write to one with great bitterness, acerbissime alicui scribere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bitterness?
- The usual Latin words for “bitterness” are amāritūdō, amāritās, acerbitās; also gravitās, īra, bīlis. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.