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