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bitter
('b/I/t/@/r )

adjective (a)

  • Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)(noun.food)
    source: wordnet30
  • the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth(noun.cognition)
    Synonym:
    bitterness
    source: wordnet30
  • the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste(noun.attribute)
    source: wordnet30
  • AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • Any substance that is bitter. See Bitters.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • extremely and sharply(adv.all)
    Example:
    It was bitterly cold.
    Bitter cold.
    Synonym:
    bitingly, bitterly, piercingly
    source: wordnet30

adjective satellite (s)

  • marked by strong resentment or cynicism(adj.all)
    Example:
    Bitter about the divorce.
    Synonym:
    acrimonious
    source: wordnet30
  • very difficult to accept or bear(adj.all)
    Example:
    The bitter truth.
    A bitter sorrow.
    source: wordnet30
  • harsh or corrosive in tone(adj.all)
    Example:
    Bitter words.
    Synonym:
    acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic
    source: wordnet30
  • expressive of severe grief or regret(adj.all)
    Example:
    Shed bitter tears.
    source: wordnet30
  • proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity(adj.all)
    Example:
    A bitter struggle.
    Bitter enemies.
    source: wordnet30
  • causing a sharp and acrid taste experience(adj.all)
    Example:
    Quinine is bitter.
    source: wordnet30
  • causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold(adj.all)
    Example:
    Bitter cold.
    Synonym:
    biting
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • make bitter(verb.perception)
    source: wordnet30
  • To make bitter.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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