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.
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