bitter

Meanings

Plural: bitters

Noun

• English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
• the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
• the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
• A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
• A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
• A turn of a cable about the bitts.
• A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits).

Verb

• make bitter
• To make bitter.

Adjective Satellite

• marked by strong resentment or cynicism
  • "bitter about the divorce"
• very difficult to accept or bear
  • "the bitter truth"
  • "a bitter sorrow"
• harsh or corrosive in tone
  • "bitter words"
• expressive of severe grief or regret
  • "shed bitter tears"
• proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity
  • "a bitter struggle"
  • "bitter enemies"
• causing a sharp and acrid taste experience
  • "quinine is bitter"
• causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
  • "bitter cold"

Adverb

• extremely and sharply
  • "it was bitterly cold"
  • "bitter cold"

Adj

• Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
• Harsh, piercing, acerbic or stinging.
• Hateful or hostile.
• Cynical and resentful.

Synonyms

acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, biting, bitingly, bitter, bitterly, bitterness, bittersome, blistering, caustic, English pale ale, EPA, jaded, piercingly, sharp, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic

Antonyms

optimistic, sweet

Related Words

bitter end, bitterness, salty, savory, sour, spicy, sweet

Anagrams of bitter