bitter

(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)

adjective

1. marked by strong resentment or cynicism

- bitter about the divorce

Similar word(s): resentful, acrimonious

2. very difficult to accept or bear

- the bitter truth

- a bitter sorrow

Similar word(s): intolerable, unbearable, unendurable

3. harsh or corrosive in tone

- bitter words

Similar word(s): unpleasant, acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic

4. expressive of severe grief or regret

- shed bitter tears

Similar word(s): sorrowful

5. proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity

- a bitter struggle

- bitter enemies

Similar word(s): hostile

6. causing a sharp and acrid taste experience

- quinine is bitter

Similar word(s): tasty

7. causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold

- bitter cold

Similar word(s): painful, biting

Sentences with bitter as an adjective:

- The coffee tasted bitter.

- A bitter wind blew from the north.

- They're bitter enemies.

- I've been bitter ever since that defeat.

adverb

1. extremely and sharply

- it was bitterly cold

Similar word(s): bitingly, bitterly, piercingly

noun

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

Definition categories: food, ale

2. the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth

Similar word(s): bitterness

Definition categories: thought, taste

3. the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste

Similar word(s): bitterness

Definition categories: attribute

verb

1. make bitter

Definition categories: perception