Synonyms: bitter, bitterness
Definition: the property of having a harsh unpleasant taste
Similar words: taste property
Definition: a property appreciated via the sense of taste
Synonyms: bitter, bitterness
Definition: the taste experience when quinine or coffee is taken into the mouth
Similar words: taste, taste perception, taste sensation, gustatory perception, gustatory sensation
Definition: the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
Usage: the candy left him with a bad taste; the melon had a delicious taste
Synonyms: bitter
Definition: English term for a dry sharp-tasting ale with strong flavor of hops (usually on draft)
Similar words: ale
Definition: a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
Synonyms: bitter
Definition: make bitter
Similar words: change taste
Definition: alter the flavor of
Synonyms: bitter, acrimonious
Definition: marked by strong resentment or cynicism
Usage: an acrimonious dispute; bitter about the divorce
Similar words: resentful
Definition: full of or marked by resentment or indignant ill will
Usage: resentful at the way he was treated; a sullen resentful attitude
Synonyms: bitter
Definition: proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity
Usage: a bitter struggle; bitter enemies
Similar words: hostile
Definition: characterized by enmity or ill will
Usage: a hostile nation; a hostile remark; hostile actions
Synonyms: bitter
Definition: expressive of severe grief or regret
Usage: shed bitter tears
Similar words: sorrowful
Definition: experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss
Usage: sorrowful widows; a sorrowful tale of death and despair; sorrowful news; even in laughter the heart is sorrowful- Proverbs 14:13
Definition: causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
Usage: bitter cold; a biting wind
Similar words: painful
Definition: causing physical or psychological pain
Usage: worked with painful slowness
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: unpleasant
Definition: disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings
Usage: an unpleasant personality; unpleasant repercussions; unpleasant odors
Synonyms: bitter
Definition: causing a sharp and acrid taste experience
Usage: quinine is bitter
Synonyms: bitter
Definition: very difficult to accept or bear
Usage: the bitter truth; a bitter sorrow
Similar words: unbearable, unendurable, intolerable
Definition: incapable of being put up with
Usage: an intolerable degree of sentimentality