Definition of Bitter

Noun

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

Verb

• make bitter
  

Adjective

• causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation
  used especially of cold
  "bitter cold"
  "a biting wind"
  biting
• 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"
  acerb acerbic acid acrid blistering caustic sulfurous sulphurous virulent vitriolic
• 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"
  acrimonious

Adverb

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

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Unscramble bitter

42 unscramble word found using the letters bitter.

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