bitters

Plural: bitters

Noun

• alcoholic liquor flavored with bitter herbs and roots
• 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
• plural of bitter
• A liquid used in mixed drinks or as a tonic into which bitter herbs have been steeped (it can also be found in powdered form for adding to mixed drinks).

Verb

• make bitter
• third-person singular simple present indicative of bitter

Synonyms

bitter, bitterness