Bitter

English Meaning

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1. Having or being a taste that is sharp, acrid, and unpleasant.
2. Causing a sharply unpleasant, painful, or stinging sensation; harsh: enveloped in bitter cold; a bitter wind.
3. Difficult or distasteful to accept, admit, or bear: the bitter truth; bitter sorrow.
4. Proceeding from or exhibiting strong animosity: a bitter struggle; bitter foes.
5. Resulting from or expressive of severe grief, anguish, or disappointment: cried bitter tears.
6. Marked by resentment or cynicism: "He was already a bitter elderly man with a gray face” ( John Dos Passos).
7. In an intense or harsh way; bitterly: a bitter cold night.
8. To make bitter.
9. That which is bitter: "all words . . . /Failing to give the bitter of the sweet” ( Tennyson).
10. A bitter, usually alcoholic liquid made with herbs or roots and used in cocktails or as a tonic.
11. Chiefly British A sharp-tasting beer made with hops.