What is the meaning of the word "bitter"?
Definitions:
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causing a sharp and acrid taste experience
adjective
- quinine is bitter
- quinine is bitter
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expressive of severe grief or regret
adjective
- shed bitter tears
- shed bitter tears
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extremely and sharply
adverb
- it was bitterly cold
- it was bitterly cold
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proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity
adjective
- a bitter struggle
- a bitter struggle
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to make bitter
verb
- The burnt grounds bittered the coffee.
- The burnt grounds bittered the coffee.
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very difficult to accept or bear
adjective
- the bitter truth
- the bitter truth
Synonyms:
- acerb
- acerbic
- acid
- acrid
- acrimonious
- biting
- bitterly
- bitterness
- blistering
- caustic
- sulfurous
- sulphurous