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English to English adjective
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Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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marked by strong resentment or cynicism | | Example: an acrimonious dispute
bitter about the divorce
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very difficult to accept or bear | | Example: the bitter truth
a bitter sorrow
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harsh or corrosive in tone | | Example: an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose
a barrage of acid comments
her acrid remarks make her many enemies
bitter words
blistering criticism
caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics
a sulfurous denunciation
a vitriolic critique
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expressive of severe grief or regret | | Example: shed bitter tears
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proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity | | Example: a bitter struggle
bitter enemies
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causing a sharp and acrid taste experience | | Example: quinine is bitter
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causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold | | Example: bitter cold
a biting wind
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extremely and sharply | | Example: it was bitterly cold
bitter cold
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English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft) | | source: wordnet30
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the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth | | source: wordnet30
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the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste | | source: wordnet30
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AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts. | | source: webster1913
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Any substance that is bitter. See Bitters. | | source: webster1913 verb
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make bitter | | source: wordnet30
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To make bitter. | | source: webster1913
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