Main entry: bitter, bitterness
Definition: the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
Main entry: bitter, bitterness
Definition: the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
Main entry: bitter
Definition: English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
Main entry: bitter
Definition: make bitter
Main entry: bitter, acrimonious
Definition: marked by strong resentment or cynicism
Usage: an acrimonious dispute; bitter about the divorce
Main entry: bitter
Definition: proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity
Usage: a bitter struggle; bitter enemies
Main entry: bitter
Definition: expressive of severe grief or regret
Usage: shed bitter tears
Definition: causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
Usage: bitter cold; a biting wind
Main entry: sulfurous, sulphurous, caustic, blistering, bitter, acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, virulent, vitriolic
Definition: harsh or corrosive in tone
Usage: 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
Main entry: bitter
Definition: causing a sharp and acrid taste experience
Usage: quinine is bitter
Main entry: bitter
Definition: very difficult to accept or bear
Usage: the bitter truth; a bitter sorrow
Main entry: bitingly, bitter, bitterly, piercingly
Definition: extremely and sharply
Usage: it was bitterly cold; bitter cold