Bitter

Word BITTER
Character 6
Hyphenation bit ter
Pronunciations /ˈbɪtə/

Definitions and meanings of "Bitter"

What do we mean by bitter?

Having or being a taste that is sharp, acrid, and unpleasant. adjective

Causing a sharply unpleasant, painful, or stinging sensation; harsh. adjective

Difficult or distasteful to accept, admit, or bear. adjective

Proceeding from or exhibiting strong animosity. adjective

Resulting from or expressive of severe grief, anguish, or disappointment. adjective

Marked by resentment or cynicism. adjective

In an intense or harsh way; bitterly. adverb

To make bitter. transitive verb

That which is bitter. noun

A bitter, usually alcoholic liquid made with herbs or roots and used in cocktails or as a tonic. noun

A sharp-tasting beer made with hops. noun

To make bitter; give a bitter taste to; embitter.

Nautical, a turn of a cable round the bitts. noun

An old form of bittern. noun

Having a harsh taste, like that of wormwood or quinine.

Hence Unpalatable; hard to swallow, literally or figuratively: as, a bitter pill; a bitter lesson.

Hard to be borne; grievous; distressful; calamitous: as, a bitter moment; bitter fate.

Causing pain or smart to the sense of feeling; piercing: painful; biting: as, bitter cold; “the bitter blast,”

Harsh, as words; reproachful; sarcastic; cutting; sharp: as,“bitter taunts,”

Cherishing or exhibiting animosity, hate, anger, or severity; cruel; severe; harsh; stern: as, “bitterest enmity,” Shak., Cor., iv. 4; “bitter enemies,”

(usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.

A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.

A turn of a cable about the bitts.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Bitter

The word "bitter" in example sentences

Absinthites or Wormwood wine, a nauseously bitter medicament then much in use; and this being evidently {242} the _bitter potion of Eysell_ in the poet's sonnet, was certainly the nauseous draught proposed to be taken by Hamlet among the other extravagant feats as tokens of love. ❋ Various (N/A)

But the true Lord of our lives loves us too well to let us experience all the bitter issues of our foolish rebellion against His authority, and yet He loves us too well not to let us taste something of them that we may 'know and see that it is an evil thing _and a bitter_, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God.' ❋ Alexander Maclaren (1868)

I finish, the word bitter on my tongue before I swallow it. ❋ JODI PICOULT (2005)

I think people would assume that that was the reason for my ambivalence here, the reason that the bitter is at least in equal measure with the sweet as I watch my dad walk into this new life. ❋ Kittenpie (2009)

Coming up at 7: 00 Eastern, more on the presidential campaign, of course -- the very latest on Senator Obama's refusal to apologize for what many say are his insulting and condescending remarks about small town America -- what he calls bitter voters. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Zarqawi, seven days before the election, declared what he called a bitter war against this evil principle of democracy. ❋ Unknown (2005)

"I don't know a better word than the word 'bitter' to describe how we feel today," Gillard told reporters in Perth. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Frank-Walter Steinmeiers SPD had its worst postwar result in what he called a bitter day after sharing power with Merkel for four years and governing for the previous seven. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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