Bitterness and Revenge

Bitterness

Bitterness noun - A deep-seated ill will.

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Revenge and bitterness are semantically related In some cases you can use "Revenge" instead a noun "Bitterness".

Nearby Words: bitter, bitterly, bittern, bitterish

Revenge noun - The act or an instance of responding to an injury with an injury.

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Bitterness and revenge are semantically related in vengefulness topic. Sometimes you can use "Bitterness" instead a noun "Revenge".

part	part bitterness	part revenge
old	old bitterness	old revenge
pure	pure bitterness	pure revenge
better	better bitterness	better revenge
Other adjectives: original, simple, plain, little, supposed, personal, righteous.

Though the song is about a harsh breakup full of revenge and bitterness, she and ex-husband Carey Hary had a fairly amicable breakup which ended in a reconciliation after counseling.

Source: Amicable Exes
A bit of a subversion, as it's implied the constructs' creators are motivated as much by bitterness and revenge as a need to avert What Went Wrong; else, they could've just sent someone to tell John his investigation would kick off an apocalypse, so he'd turn down the case.

Source: Set Right What Once Went Wrong
Many Investigators and Ghouls alike are driven by their bitterness over losing loved ones, and lash out at the other species in revenge.

Source: Manga / Tokyo Ghoul

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