bitter

Meanings

Noun

• English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
• the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
• the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

Verb

• make bitter

Adjective Satellite

• marked by strong resentment or cynicism
  • "bitter about the divorce"
• very difficult to accept or bear
  • "the bitter truth"
  • "a bitter sorrow"
• harsh or corrosive in tone
  • "bitter words"
• expressive of severe grief or regret
  • "shed bitter tears"
• proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity
  • "a bitter struggle"
  • "bitter enemies"
• causing a sharp and acrid taste experience
  • "quinine is bitter"
• causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
  • "bitter cold"

Adverb

• extremely and sharply
  • "it was bitterly cold"
  • "bitter cold"

Synonyms

acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, biting, bitingly, bitterly, bitterness, blistering, caustic, piercingly, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic

Anagrams of bitter