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Bitter

adjective

1.

Marked by strong resentment or cynicism. Synonym: acrimonious. "Bitter about the divorce"

2.

Very difficult to accept or bear. "A bitter sorrow"

3.

Harsh or corrosive in tone. Synonyms: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic. "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"

4.

Expressive of severe grief or regret.

5.

Proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity. "Bitter enemies"

6.

Causing a sharp and acrid taste experience.

7.

Causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold. Synonym: biting. "A biting wind"

noun

1.

English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft).

2.

The taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth. Synonym: bitterness.

3.

The property of having a harsh unpleasant taste. Synonym: bitterness.

verb

1.

Make bitter.

adverb

1.

Extremely and sharply. Synonyms: bitingly, bitterly, piercingly. "Bitter cold"

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"Bitter" Quotes from Famous Books

... effective of these bitter poems is 'The Masque of Anarchy', called forth by the "Peterloo Massacre" at Manchester on August 16, 1819, when hussars had charged a peaceable meeting held in support of Parliamentary reform, killing six people and wounding some seventy others. Shelley's frenzy of indignation ...

— Shelley • Sydney Waterlow

... her gentle, loving companionship, in the safe and quiet harbor of her little house by the river, she had known that it was he who had—A clear, matter-of-fact, but gentle, voice interrupted his bitter thoughts: "Is it so ...

— The Re-Creation of Brian Kent • Harold Bell Wright

... would doubtless have replied, as did the commander of Fort Morgan two years later, that they looked upon the United States fleet above them as their prisoners, and they would have held out to the bitter end; but the end was certain as soon as the fleet passed above them. They had provisions for two months; then, if not reduced by blows, ...

— Admiral Farragut • A. T. Mahan

... to the door and popped out of it before Miss Mapp had the slightest chance of intercepting her progress. This was bitter, because the dining-room opened out of the hall, and so did the book-cupboard with a window which dear Susan called her boudoir. Diva was quite capable of popping into both of these apartments. In fact, if the truants were there, it was no use bothering about the sweet stars any ...

— Miss Mapp • Edward Frederic Benson

... the lively bitter presidential campaign with interest and concern. The new Republican party was in the contest, offering its first presidential candidate, the colorful hero and explorer of the far West, John C. Fremont. ...

— Susan B. Anthony - Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian • Alma Lutz

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