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bitter
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Adjective
  • causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
    • bitter cold
    • a biting wind
  • causing a sharp and acrid taste experience
    • quinine is bitter
  • proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity
    • a bitter struggle
    • bitter enemies
  • expressive of severe grief or regret
    • shed bitter tears
  • 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
  • very difficult to accept or bear
    • the bitter truth
    • a bitter sorrow
  • marked by strong resentment or cynicism
    • an acrimonious dispute
    • bitter about the divorce
Adverb
  • extremely and sharply
    • it was bitterly cold
    • bitter cold
Noun
  • the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
  • the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
  • English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
Verb
  • make bitter
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