bittersome

English

Etymology

From bitter +‎ -some.

Adjective

bittersome (comparative more bittersome, superlative most bittersome)

1. Marked by bitterness (literal and figuratively)
   • 2000, Yang-Un Moon Eiman, Multi-Mega-Trans-Metamorphosis:

     Save you out of whacked collapsed debris of bittersome mess of failures.

   • 2004, Srikanth Reddy, Facts for Visitors:

     Her hand grew heavy with it, & the salts, & the bittersome oils of her hand.

   • 2010, Thomas Emmett Waggoner, The Weight of Worlds:

     Walk lightly in the burrows / Of bittersome society.

   • 2016, Graham Richardson, Standing and Waiting:

     They let a bittersome poison creep into their hearts, concerning the failings of people.

Anagrams

• timber-toes