Bitter
['bɪtə] or ['bɪtɚ]
Definition
(noun.) the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth.
(noun.) English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft).
(verb.) make bitter.
(adj.) proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity; 'a bitter struggle'; 'bitter enemies' .
(adj.) expressive of severe grief or regret; 'shed bitter tears' .
(adj.) causing a sharp and acrid taste experience;'quinine is bitter' .
(adj.) very difficult to accept or bear; 'the bitter truth'; 'a bitter sorrow' .
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Definition
(n.) AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts.
(v. t.) Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes.
(v. t.) Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe; as, a bitter cold day.
(v. t.) Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind; calamitous; poignant.
(v. t.) Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach.
(v. t.) Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.
(n.) Any substance that is bitter. See Bitters.
(v. t.) To make bitter.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. That tastes like wormwood.[2]. Fierce, savage, cruel, merciless, relentless, virulent, fell, ruthless.[3]. Severe, harsh, stern.[4]. Distressing, painful, grievous, sorrowful, afflictive, poignant, calamitous.
Editor: Maggie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Harsh, sour, sharp, tart, acrimonious, sarcastic, severe, sad, afflictive,intense, stinging, pungent, acrid, cutting
ANT:Sweet, mellow, pleasant, affable, kindly, genial, light, mitigated, trivial
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Definition
adj. biting or acrid to the taste: sharp: painful.—n. any substance having a bitter taste.—adj. Bitt′erish.—adv. Bitt′erly.—n. Bitt′erness.—n.pl. Bitt′ers a liquid prepared from bitter herbs or roots and used as a stomachic.—n. Bitt′er-sweet the Woody Nightshade a slender climbing hedge-plant having red poisonous berries said to be named from its root when chewed having first a bitter then a sweet taste: (Shak.) an apple that has a compound taste of sweet and bitter: a mixture of sweet and bitter.
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Examples
- He now smiled: and not a bitter or a sad smile, but one well pleased and deeply gratified. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Her honest ostentatious nature made the sharing of a merited dishonor as bitter as it could be to any mortal. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The blinding snow and bitter cold are nothing to her, I believe; yet she is but a 'chitty-faced creature,' as my mother would say. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The bitter waters of life surged high about him, their sterile taste was on his lips. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Send me a large cloak: a good warm one: for it is bitter cold. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Suspense is irksome, disappointment bitter. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Who shall analyse those tears and say whether they were sweet or bitter? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The hard, bitter feeling was getting pretty bad, when the maid brought in a box of flowers. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You are very kind not to reproach me, she said: I weep, and a bitter pang of intolerable sorrow tears my heart. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Your words are bitter, Rebecca, said Bois-Guilbert, pacing the apartment with impatience, but I came not hither to bandy reproaches with you. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Yes, she repeated, in tones of the bitterest, steadiest contempt. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Mr. Osborne dropped it with the bitterest, deadliest pang of balked affection and revenge. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Thus liberty, getting out of all order and reason, passes into the harshest and bitterest form of slavery. Plato. The Republic.
- It was the bitterest disappointment we had yet experienced. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- My honour is as untouched as that of the bitterest enemy who ever maligned me. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Sarcasms of which the severity amazed and puzzled me, harassed my ears; then flowed out the bitterest inuendoes against the pride of intellect. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Polluted by crimes, and torn by the bitterest remorse, where can I find rest but in death? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I never,' towelling at himself as if he were his bitterest enemy, 'saw such a girl as you are. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Little Mowcher would have as much need to live, if she was the bitterest and dullest of pigmies; but she couldn't do it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Archer, changing colour, stood up also: it was the bitterest rebuke she could have given him. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
Editor: Sheldon