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bitter
/ˈbɪ.tɚ/
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What does bitter mean?
adjective
- Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
- Harsh, piercing, acerbic or stinging.
- Hateful or hostile.
More meanings (8)
adjective
- Cynical and resentful.
adverb
- To an intense or severe degree; bitterly.
noun
- 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.
- (informal) A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits).
proper noun
- A surname from Dutch or German.
verb
- (archaic) To make bitter.
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IPA pronunciation
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Disruptions from the bitter war with Iraq, massive corruption, mismanagement, demographic pressures, and ideological rigidities have kept economic growth at depressed levels.
It is impossible for language to describe the bitter scowl of rage which rendered yet darker the swarthy countenance of the Templar.
More book examples (3)
We went straight for the water, but it was spoiled and bitter, besides being pretty near hot enough to scald your mouth.
“Is it possible,” I asked, “that the feeling towards me which is there described, is as bitter as ever against me now?”
George stood with his head drawn back, his arms folded tightly over his broad breast, and a bitter smile curling his lips.