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List of meaning for bitter

agitated, disgruntled, or angry about something

bitter(noun)

English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)

bitter, bitterness(noun)

the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

bitterness, bitter(adj)

the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

acrimonious, bitter(adj)

marked by strong resentment or cynicism

"an acrimonious dispute"; "bitter about the divorce"

bitter(adj)

very difficult to accept or bear

"the bitter truth"; "a bitter sorrow"

acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic(adj)

harsh or corrosive in tone

"an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique"

bitter(adj)

expressive of severe grief or regret

"shed bitter tears"

bitter(adj)

proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity

"a bitter struggle"; "bitter enemies"

bitter(adj)

causing a sharp and acrid taste experience;"quinine is bitter"

biting, bitter(verb)

causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold

"bitter cold"; "a biting wind"

bitter(adverb)

make bitter

piercingly, bitterly, bitingly, bitter(adverb)

extremely and sharply

"it was bitterly cold"; "bitter cold"

having or showing deep-seated resentment a bitter attitude about always having to work on Saturday

she's still bitter about how her family treated her so unfairly

hard to accept or bear especially emotionally

discovering that he had been cut from the crew team was a bitter disappointment

causing intense discomfort to one's skin

a bitter wind was stinging the faces of the skiers

difficult to endure

a bitter lesson about money and friendship

having a low or subnormal temperature

a bitter February day for this part of the country

uncomfortably cool

a bitter, rainy day

expressing or suggesting mourning

a bitter cry of grief

not giving pleasure to the mind or senses

had to face the bitter truth about their marriage

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