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▸ 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)
▸ noun: the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
▸ verb: make bitter
▸ adjective: proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity ("A bitter struggle")
▸ adjective: expressive of severe grief or regret ("Shed bitter tears")
▸ adjective: one of the four basic taste sensations; sharp and disagreeable; like the taste of quinine
▸ adjective: very difficult to accept or bear ("The bitter truth")
▸ adjective: causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold ("Bitter cold")
▸ adjective: marked by strong resentment or cynicism ("Bitter about the divorce")
▸ adjective: harsh or corrosive in tone ("Bitter words")
▸ adverb: extremely and sharply ("It was bitterly cold")
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #18335)
▸ Also see bitters
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to bitter
▸ Usage examples for bitter
▸ Idioms related to bitter (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing bitter
▸ Popular nouns described by bitter
▸ Words that often appear near bitter
▸ Rhymes of bitter
▸ Invented words related to bitter
▸ 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)
▸ noun: the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
▸ verb: make bitter
▸ adjective: proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity ("A bitter struggle")
▸ adjective: expressive of severe grief or regret ("Shed bitter tears")
▸ adjective: one of the four basic taste sensations; sharp and disagreeable; like the taste of quinine
▸ adjective: very difficult to accept or bear ("The bitter truth")
▸ adjective: causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold ("Bitter cold")
▸ adjective: marked by strong resentment or cynicism ("Bitter about the divorce")
▸ adjective: harsh or corrosive in tone ("Bitter words")
▸ adverb: extremely and sharply ("It was bitterly cold")
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #18335)
▸ Also see bitters
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to bitter
▸ Usage examples for bitter
▸ Idioms related to bitter (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing bitter
▸ Popular nouns described by bitter
▸ Words that often appear near bitter
▸ Rhymes of bitter
▸ Invented words related to bitter